CVE-2006-2481 Information

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).

Reference

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366 http://secunia.com/advisories/21230 http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c060512-001.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441728/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441825/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19249 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3075