VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-4199
CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-08-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')