CVE-2006-2481 (GCVE-0-2006-2481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-31 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:51
VLAI
Summary
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).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19249 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/21230 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-07-31 00:00
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