PT-2014-5731 · Vmware+1 · Vmware Tools+2

Published 2014-08-28 · Updated 2025-08-24 · CVE-2014-4199

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Tools versions 0.88 VMware Workstation versions through 10.0.3

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.

Recommendations For VMware Tools version 0.88, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For VMware Workstation versions through 10.0.3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4199

USN-7714-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Vmware Tools

Vmware Workstation

References · 18

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7714-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-34059 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4199 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02571 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4199 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4199 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7714-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95493 · Note