CVE-2014-4200
N/A
Published: August 28, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationToolsVm Support
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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