CVE-2014-8370 describes a vulnerability in VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi versions that allows host OS users to achieve host OS privilege escalation or denial of service. This is accomplished by manipulating a configuration file, leading to an arbitrary file write. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.