VMware Support Tools 0.88 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VMware Support Tools 0.88. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-4200. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/04/2017). 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 databases at X-Force (95494), SecurityFocus (BID 69410†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030758†). The entry VDB-67408 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

Name

Support Tools

Version

0.88

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/17/2014 🔍
08/26/2014 +70 days 🔍
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08/27/2014 +1 days 🔍
08/28/2014 +1 days 🔍
07/04/2017 +1041 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Dolev Farhi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-4200 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4200
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67409
X-Force: 95494 - VMware Support Tool /tmp directory information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 69410 - VMware Support CVE-2014-4200 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030758 - VMware Tools Temporary File Permission Flaws Lets Local Users Deny Service and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2014 10:10
Updated: 07/04/2017 08:07
Changes: 08/27/2014 10:10 (54), 07/04/2017 08:07 (6)
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