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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.

Published

2005-12-21T20:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	ace	1.0	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	2.0	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	2.0.1_build_2129	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	2.5.1	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	2.5.1_build_5336	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	2.5.2	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	3.0	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	3.0_build_7592	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	3.1	Yes
Application	vmware	gsx_server	3.2	Yes
Application	vmware	player	1.0.0	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	3.2.1	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	3.4	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	4.0	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	4.0.1	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	4.0.2	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	4.5.2	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	4.5.2_build_8848	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	5.0.0_build_13124	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation	5.5	Yes

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18162 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18344 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2000 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18162 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18344 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2000 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)