CVE-2005-4773

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware ESX: through 2.5.2; 1.5.2-patch1, 1.5.2-patch2, 1.5.2-patch3, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.1 (+2)

References

http://www.osvdb.org/21584
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=dsxk%2ABWh&p_lva=&p_faqid=1817
http://www.osvdb.org/21584
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=dsxk%2ABWh&p_lva=&p_faqid=1817

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