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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2014· Updated May 6, 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.

Affected products

6
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.0.3
  • VMware/Tools
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Vm Support
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vm-support:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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