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CVE-2014-4199 json

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 a…

published 2014-08-28 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4128

cvss
6.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • open-vm-tools Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:9.4.6-1770165-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199

  • open-vm-tools Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • open-vm-tools RHEL 7 9.10.2-4.el7
  • open-vm-tools-desktop RHEL 7 9.10.2-4.el7

red hat advisories RHBA-2015:2246

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-4199 updated cvss 2.1

open-vm-tools: insecure temporary file creation

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 open-vm-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-desktop 9.10.2-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2246

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.