CVE-2006-2481
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 31, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 19, 2006
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).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20060731 Corsaire Security Advisory - VMware ESX Server Password Disclosure in Cookie issuemailing-list
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt
- 19249vdb-entry
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
- 20060801 VMSA-2006-0004 Cross site scripting vulnerability and other fixesmailing-list
- ADV-2006-3075vdb-entry
- 21230third-party-advisory
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