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CVE-2006-2481

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-07-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Vmware Esx

Weakness Type

CWE-255

References