CVE-2006-2481

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 31, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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