CVE-2006-2481 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-2481
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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).

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA21230 MISC http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt CONFIRM http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded BID 19249

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