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CVE-2006-2481
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 and 2.x before 2.5.2 patch 4 stores authentication credentials in base 64 encoded format in the vmware.mui.kid and vmware.mui.sid cookies, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the cookies using attacks such as cross-site scripting (CVE-2005-3619)..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19249
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded