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medium 4.7

CVE-2014-4200 json

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm…

published 2014-08-28 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4129

cvss
4.7
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 34%
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, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive.

Patch / fix

  • open-vm-tools Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:9.4.6-1770165-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4200

  • 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-2014-4200 updated cvss 1.9

open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions

  • 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-devel 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-debuginfo 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) open-vm-tools 9.10.2-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) 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-devel 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-debuginfo 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-devel 9.10.2-4.el7, open-vm-tools-debuginfo 9.10.2-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2246

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% 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 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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.