CVE-2006-2481 (GCVE-0-2006-2481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-07-31 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:51
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
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).
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