CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in VMware Support Tools 0.88. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive.
The weakness was shared 08/26/2014 by Dolev Farhi as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4200 since 06/17/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (95494). The entry 67408 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/17/2014 🔍08/26/2014 🔍
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08/27/2014 🔍
08/28/2014 🔍
07/04/2017 🔍
Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Dolev Farhi
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2014-4200 (🔍)
X-Force: 95494 - VMware Support Tool /tmp directory information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityTracker: 1030758 - VMware Tools Temporary File Permission Flaws Lets Local Users Deny Service and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
SecurityFocus: 69410 - VMware Support CVE-2014-4200 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entry
Created: 08/27/2014 10:10Updated: 07/04/2017 08:07
Changes: 08/27/2014 10:10 (54), 07/04/2017 08:07 (6)
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