CVE-2005-4459
N/A
Published: December 21, 2005 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: July 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationPlayerAce
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18162Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18344Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-119
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