CVE-2014-4200 describes a vulnerability in vm-support 0.88 within VMware Tools, affecting VMware Workstation through version 10.0.3 and other products. This flaw stems from the vm-support archive being created with insecure 0644 permissions, allowing local users to access sensitive information by extracting its contents. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), the vulnerability requires local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.88CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vm-support:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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