UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4199
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199
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Published
2014-08-28T15:14:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:11Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1

Affected versions

2013.*

2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu1
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu4
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu5
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu6

2:9.*

2:9.4.0-1280544-5
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu1
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu2
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu4
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-dkms"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-dkms-lts-trusty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-toolbox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-toolbox-lts-trusty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dkms"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-dkms"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}