CVE-2014-4199
vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.
02 Description
vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-08-28 15:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d451d42ad16f94171fad736c6e46abbfbb04be9fdcfb25310ef48798244e805c
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org20140826 VMware vm-support multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-support-cve20144199-dos(95493)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95493
- www.osvdb.org110458http://www.osvdb.org/110458
- www.securitytracker.com1030758http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- open-vm-tools Fixed in 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.