Vulnerability CVE-2006-5990
Published: 2006-11-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
4.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> Virtualcenter 

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