CVE-2005-4773

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The configuration of VMware ESX Server 2.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, and 2.5.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (shutdown) via the (1) halt, (2) poweroff, and (3) reboot scripts executed at the service console.

The configuration of VMware ESX Server 2.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, and 2.5.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (shutdown) via the (1) halt, (2) poweroff, and (3) reboot scripts executed at the service console.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch1

1.5.2

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch2

1.5.2

VMWare ESX 1.5.2 patch3

1.5.2

VMWare ESX 2.0

2.0

VMWare ESX 2.0.1

2.0.1

VMWare ESX 2.1.1

2.1.1

VMWare ESX 2.1.2

2.1.2

VMWare ESX 2.5

2.5

VMWare ESX

References

21584

Patch

http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=dsxk*BWh&p_lva=&p_faqid=1817

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