CVE-2006-5990

Published Nov 21, 2006

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
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Configurations