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TI-2006-05772 Aliases CVE-2006-5990GHSA-jr99-r38w-q3wj

VMWare VirtualCenter client 2.x before 2.0.1 Patch 1 (Build 33643) and 1.4.x before 1.4.1…

Priority LOW 21CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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 certificate when creating an SSL session, which allows remote malicious servers to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00895 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5990
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jr99-r38w-q3wj

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2013-01226 VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b and 4.1 before Update 3a, VMware VirtualCenter… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-00743 The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2010-00655 WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and 2.5, VMware Server 2.0, and VMware ESX 3.0.3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-03366 VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 2 and 2.0.2 before Update 5 relies on client-side… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2010-01096 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebAccess in VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2011-00354 Directory traversal vulnerability in vCenter Server in VMware vCenter 4.0 before Update 3… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
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Sources

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