CVE-2014-4199

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Tools
PublishedAug 28, 2014
First seenAug 28, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware toolsNo range specified—
vmware vm-support0.88—
vmware workstationv ≤ 10.0.3, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2—

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