DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4199
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199
Upstream
Published
2014-08-28T15:14:09Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:10:37Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:9.4.6-1770165-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:9.4.6-1770165-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:9.4.6-1770165-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:9.4.6-1770165-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}