CVE-2005-3620 describes a vulnerability in the management interface of VMware ESX Server versions 2.0.x, 2.1.x, and 2.x, where passwords were recorded in cleartext within URLs stored in world-readable web server log files. This flaw allowed local users to gain privileges by accessing these logs. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), the vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.1, < 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.1.1, < 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.5.2, < 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.