CVE-2014-4200

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69410
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030758
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95494
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71Exploit