CVE-2006-5990

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

VMware Virtualcenter: 1.4.1, 2.0.1

References

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606
http://secunia.com/advisories/23053
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606
http://secunia.com/advisories/23053
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded

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