CVE-2005-4773: VMware Esx

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 2.5.2; version 1.5.2 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.1.1 only; version 2.1.2 only; …

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.