CVE-2006-2481

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

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).

Affected products

VMware ESX: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.5 (+1)

References

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19249
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366
http://secunia.com/advisories/21230
http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded

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