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CVE-2006-5990
VMWare VirtualCenter client 2.x before 2.0.1 Patch 1 (Build 33643) and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 Patch 1 (Build 33425), when server certificate…
Medium4.0EPSS 0.90%
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Description
VMWare VirtualCenter client 2.x before 2.0.1 Patch 1 (Build 33643) and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 Patch 1 (Build 33425), when server certificate verification is enabled, does not verify the server's X.509 certificate when creating an SSL session, which allows remote malicious servers to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- ADV-2006-4655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1017270 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061121 VMSA-2006-0010 - SSL sessions not authenticated by VC Clients (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23053 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- vmware-virtualcenter-x509-mitm(30477) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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