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.
Published: 2006-07-19
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3584 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.
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Vmware Esx Infrastructure Player Server Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:30:34.466Z

Reserved: 2006-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3589

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-21T14:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3589

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