CVE-2014-4199
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 2.0
- 6.3 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- vmware/tools · vmware/vm-support · vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/110458
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95493
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/110458
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95493
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.