CVE-2006-5990

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5990
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-21 01:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionVMWare 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 1.4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware VirtualCenter Client SSL Verification Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Patch 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMware View Document af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware VirtualCenter Client Does Not Validate Server Certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware VirtualCenter SSL Session Man In The Middle Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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