6.3

CVE-2014-4199: vmware vm-support Link Following

CVSS: 6.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199
Published 28-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-4199 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Link Following vulnerability in vmware vm-support. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
RHBA-2015:2246USN-7714-1

Timeline

  1. 28-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (seclists.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vmware2 products
Debian1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:9.4.6-1770165-7
Ubuntu1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

8 links