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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-4199

CVE-2014-4199

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Tools2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=0.88
  • VMware/VM Support
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vm-support:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Workstation5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.0.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=10.0.3

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