Vulnerability in VMware Tools

CVE-2014-4199

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.

Published 2014-08-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Tools
VMware Vm-Support — versions 0.88
VMware Workstation — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71 (mailing-list, Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95493 (vdb-entry)
www.osvdb.org/110458 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758 (vdb-entry)