CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4773

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2005-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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 configurations

• vmware esx (<= 2.5.2) • vmware esx 1.5.2 • vmware esx 2.0 • vmware esx 2.0.1 • vmware esx 2.1.1 • vmware esx 2.1.2 • vmware esx 2.5

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