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CVE-2005-3620
The management interface for VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 patch 1, 2.1.x before 2.1.3 patch 1, and 2.x before 2.5.3 patch 2…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.47%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The management interface for VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 patch 1, 2.1.x before 2.1.3 patch 1, and 2.x before 2.5.3 patch 2 records passwords in cleartext in URLs that are stored in world-readable web server log files, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c051114-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- vmware-password-information-disclosure(28112) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2118366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060801 VMSA-2006-0004 Cross site scripting vulnerability and other fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060731 Corsaire Security Advisory - VMware ESX Server Password Disclosure in Log issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3075 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#822476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3618 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3620)Record last updated .