Buffer Overflow in Vmware Workstation (CVE-2005-4459)
Summary
Vulnerability in Vmware Workstation (CVE-2005-4459). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2005-4459 has been found in Vmware Workstation.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Vmware Workstation CVE-2005-4459" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2005-4459 (Vmware Workstation) — CWE-119
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in Vmware Workstation.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Vmware Workstation.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Workstation' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Workstation' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Workstationを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityreason.com
- advisory securityreason.com
- advisory gentoo.org
- exploit lists.grok.org.uk
- patch secunia.com
- patch secunia.com
- patch securityfocus.com
- patch vmware.com
- web securitytracker.com
- web kb.cert.org
- web securityfocus.com
- web securityfocus.com
- web vupen.com