CVE-2006-3589
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3584)
- Published
- July 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3584 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / infrastructure
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21120(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016536
- http://www.osvdb.org/27418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440583/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441082/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19062
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2880
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27881
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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