CVE-2014-4200Insecure Temporary File in Vmware Workstation

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 28
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages3 packages

Debianvmware/open-vm-tools< 2:9.4.6-1770165-1+3
NVDvmware/workstation10.0.3+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-959q-xwwj-g697: vm-support 02022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2014-4200: vm-support 02014-08-28
OSV
CVE-2014-4200: vm-support 02014-08-28

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions2014-08-26
Debian
CVE-2014-4200: open-vm-tools - vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through ...2014

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [epel-6]2014-11-20
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [fedora-all]2014-11-20
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions2014-11-20
CVE-2014-4200 — Insecure Temporary File in Vmware | cvebase