CVE•Published 2005-12-21•Modified 2026-07-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2005-4459Vmware · Ace
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2005-12-21
Modified 2026-07-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2005-4459Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Vmware Ace" version:"1.0.1"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ace"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ace" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2005-4459Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2005-4459Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2005-4459Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2005-4459GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2005-4459" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2005-4459 on GitHub.