{"cve":"CVE-2006-3589","nvd":{"published":"2006-07-21T14:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:27:22.000","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2467205","http://secunia.com/advisories/21120","http://secunia.com/advisories/23680","http://securitytracker.com/id?1016536","http://www.osvdb.org/27418"],"products":["vmware:esx","vmware:infrastructure","vmware:player","vmware:server","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3589","score":0.00427,"percentile":0.36951,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}