01 Record
CVE-2006-5990
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-21 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bab22d62134a7bd59a76aad23ac10fc8a6f9726356236ea4dee068cd9120ed54
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4655http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4655
- securitytracker.com1017270http://securitytracker.com/id?1017270
- www.securityfocus.com20061121 VMSA-2006-0010 - SSL sessions not authenticated by VC Clientshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452275/100/0/threaded
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vc-201-200611-patch.html
- kb.vmware.comhttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/4646606
- secunia.com23053http://secunia.com/advisories/23053
- www.securityfocus.com21231http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21231
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-virtualcenter-x509-mitm(30477)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30477