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CVE-2006-3589
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,…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days 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 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016536 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060718 VMSA-2006-0003 VMware possible incorrect permissions on SSL key files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20070110 VMware ESX server security updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- vmware-vmwareconfig-file-permissions(27881) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060725 Advisory: VMware Possible Incorrect Permissions On SSL Key Files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-3584 (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-2006-3589)Record last updated .