HIGH
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 Dec 21, 2005
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.24%
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 products
No data.
OR
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.24% 0.14235
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14235
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.24% (0.14235) | 96.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.66% (0.13661) | 95.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 63.37% (0.63371) | 98.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 44.73% (0.44730) | 96.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 63.37% (0.63371) | 98.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 52.07% (0.52074) | 97.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2024 | 93.82% (0.93822) | 99.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.14% (0.95136) | 98.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18162 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18344 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPermissions Required
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchBroken Link
- http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2000 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENURL Repurposed
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040442.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18162 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18344 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPermissions Required | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchBroken Link | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2000 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchBroken Link | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENURL Repurposed |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 21, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4459
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a