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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-31T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.602Z

Reserved: 2006-05-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2481

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-31T19:04:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:11:24.580

Link: CVE-2006-2481

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