open-vm-tools: vm-support's diagnostics archive created with world-readable permissions
Published Aug 28, 2014
4.7
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 0.88
- ≤ 10.0.3
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
open-vm-tools-0:9.10.2-4.el7
Fixed · RHBA-2015:2246
CloudForms Management Engine 5
open-vm-tools
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | open-vm-tools-0:9.10.2-4.el7 | Fixed | RHBA-2015:2246 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | open-vm-tools | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 31.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 31.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00041) | 9.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69410 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4200 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165900 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4200
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4200
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69410 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4200 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165900 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4200 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4200 |
Change history (0)
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