{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-2481", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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)." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20060731 Corsaire Security Advisory - VMware ESX Server Password Disclosure in Cookie issue", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded" }, { "name": "http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt" }, { "name": "19249", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19249" }, { "name": "http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366" }, { "name": "20060801 VMSA-2006-0004 Cross site scripting vulnerability and other fixes", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded" }, { "name": "ADV-2006-3075", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075" }, { "name": "21230", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/21230" } ] } }