CVE-2005-4773 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware ESX Server versions 2.x through 2.5.x. Local users with access to the service console can execute specific scripts (halt, poweroff, reboot) to shut down the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and has a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:1.5.2:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:1.5.2:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:1.5.2:patch3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.