CVE-2006-3589

lowpriority · track · 14OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.43% (37th) EPSS
CVSS 3.6 · low
Is it mine?
12 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

vmware-config.pl in VMware for Linux, ESX Server 2.x, and Infrastructure 3 does not check the return code from a Perl chmod function call, which might cause an SSL key file to be created with an unsafe umask that allows local users to read or modify the SSL key.

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cvss

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

3.6
010

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

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9
v2.03.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred
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affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2006-07-21modified 2026-06-16
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references (32)

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