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CVE-2014-4199
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
Name
CVE-2014-4199
Source
NVD (
link
)
Debian (
link
)
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.
CWEs
CWE-59
Published Date
Aug 28, 2014
Updated Date
Jun 17, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71
Exploit
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
open-vm-tools
Not Affected
Vulnerability Rating
#
6.3
CVSSv2
Others affected components
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Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
openvmtools
buildroot
2025.02.x
11.3.5-18557794
Exploitable
openvmtools
buildroot
master
11.3.5-18557794
Exploitable
open-vm-tools
yocto
kirkstone
11.3.5
Not Affected
open-vm-tools
yocto
master
13.0.10
Not Affected