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…

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

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.2% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-255 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-255 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 20060731 Corsaire Security Advisory - VMware ESX Server Password Disclosure in Cookie issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 19249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20060801 VMSA-2006-0004 Cross site scripting vulnerability and other fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3075 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2481](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2481.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2481)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.