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CVE-2006-3589

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3589 describes a vulnerability in vmware-config.pl within VMware for Linux, ESX Server 2.x, and Infrastructure 3. The script fails to check the return code of a Perl chmod function, potentially leading to SSL key files being created with an insecure umask, allowing local users to read or modify them. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.6 (low severity), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, resulting in potential partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:infrastructure:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1_build_29996CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.vmware.com / kb/2467205
secunia.com / advisories/21120
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23680
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27881
osvdb.org / 27418
securityfocus.com / archive/1/440583/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/441082/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19060
securityfocus.com / bid/19062
vmware.com / support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
vmware.com / support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
vmware.com / support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
vmware.com / support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2880