CVE-2005-4459 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2005-4459

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ace, gsx server, player, workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1_build_2129, 2.5.1, 2.5.1_build_5336, 2.5.2, 3.0, 3.0_build_7592, 3.1, 3.2, 1.0.0, 3.2.1, 3.4, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.5.2, 4.5.2_build_8848, 5.0.0_build_13124, 5.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.