CVE-2014-4200
published 2014-08-28CVE-2014-4200: 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…
PriorityP412medium4.7CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuNCCINAN
EPSS
0.40%
32.2th percentile
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.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | open-vm-tools | < open-vm-tools 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 (bookworm) | open-vm-tools 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 (bookworm) |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 | 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 | 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 | 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 | 2:9.4.6-1770165-1 |
| vmware | vm-support | — | — |
| vmware | workstation | <= 10.0.3 | — |
| vmware | workstation | — | — |
| vmware | workstation | — | — |
| vmware | workstation | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.7MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
osv4.7MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.7LOW
vendor_redhat4.7MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-959q-xwwj-g697: vm-support 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] GHSA-959q-xwwj-g697: vm-support 0
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.
OSV
CVE-2014-4200: vm-support 0
osv·2014-08-28·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-4200: vm-support 0
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.
Red Hat
open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
vendor_redhat·2014-08-26·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CWE-377 open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
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.
Package: open-vm-tools (CloudForms Management Engine 5) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2014-4200: open-vm-tools - vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through ...
vendor_debian·2014·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-4200: open-vm-tools - vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2:9.4.6-1770165-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [epel-6]
bugzilla·2014-11-20·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [epel-6]
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
epel-6 tracking bug for open-vm-tools: see blocks bug list for
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2014-11-20·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2014-4200 CVE-2014-4199 open-vm-tools: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora.
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-4200 open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
bugzilla·2014-11-20·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2014-4200 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-4200 open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
CVE-2014-4200 open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
The diagnostics archive created by vm-support was created in /tmp/ with world-readable permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information.
References:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71
Discussion:
Created open-vm-tools tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1165901]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1165902]
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open-vm-tools version 9.4.6 package contains the fix.
Fedora 20 and EPEL 6 have already picked version 9.4.6 and therefore have the fix.
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This will also get fixed by rebasing open-vm-tools to 9.10.2, bug 1172833.
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Statement:
This issue affects the versions of open-vm-tools as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69410http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69410http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494
2014-08-28
Published