CVE-2006-2481

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

7.19% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-255USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-28312VMware ESX 2.x - Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilitiesfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware esx= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 2.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-07-31modified 2026-06-16

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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