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ubuntu-cve-2014-4199

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-08-28 15:14

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4199	REPORT
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4199	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7714-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2014-4199 (GCVE-0-2014-4199)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:04

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/110458	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2014-08-26 00:00

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usn-7714-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-08-24 23:40

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

open-vm-tools vulnerabilities

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)

Dolev Farhi discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to setup a symlink attack and override files without authorization. (CVE-2014-4199)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7714-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4199	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34059	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-4199

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-4199 (GCVE-0-2014-4199)

usn-7714-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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