VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-2662
VMware Server before RC1 does not clear user credentials from memory after a console connection is made, which might allow local attackers to gain privileges.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware Server before RC1 does not clear user credentials from memory after a console connection is made, which might allow local attackers to gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435709/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18236
- http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2124Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26879
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435709/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18236
- http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2124Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26879
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.