CVE-2006-5990

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 None

Description

VMWare VirtualCenter client 2.x before 2.0.1 Patch 1 (Build 33643) and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 Patch 1 (Build 33425), when server certificate verification is enabled, does not verify the server's X.509 certificate when creating an SSL session, which allows remote malicious servers to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2006-5990

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2006-11-21T01:07:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-17T21:46:13

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
4.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html	Patch
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270
http://secunia.com/advisories/23053	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5990
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5990

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:11:07				Added to TrackCVE