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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4128 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7714-1 Open VM Tools vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:28.854Z

Reserved: 2014-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4199

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-08-28T15:14:09.127

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-4199

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4199 - Bugzilla

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