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CVE-2006-2481

Published: Jul 31, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2481
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html

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).

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EsxVmware2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
EsxVmware2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
EsxVmware2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
EsxVmware2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
EsxVmware2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
EsxVmware2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
EsxVmware2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)

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