CVE-2005-4583

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the Management Interface in VMware ESX Server 2.x up to 2.5.x before 24 December 2005 allows "remote code execution in the Web browser" via unspecified attack vectors, probably related to cross-site scripting (XSS).

Published: 2005-12-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4583 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.60%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4583

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4583

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-17 3.51% 3.60% +0.08%
2 2026-06-15 1.60% 3.51% +1.91%
3 2025-06-26 — 1.60% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4583

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware esx 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4583

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