CVE-2005-4459
Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and vmnet-natd in VMWare Workstation 5.5, GSX Server 3.2, ACE 1.0.1, and Player 1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers, including guests, to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) EPRT and (2) PORT FTP commands.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 14.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2005-4454)
- Published
- December 21, 2005
- NVD last modified
- July 7, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-4454 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / gsx server
- vmware / player
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18162(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18344(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401(Permissions Required)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998(Patch, Broken Link)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2000(Patch, Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013(URL Repurposed)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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