Insecure Temporary File Affecting open-vm-tools-devel package, versions <0:9.10.2-4.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENVMTOOLSDEVEL-1940862
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Aug 2014

Introduced: 26 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-4199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 open-vm-tools-devel to version 0:9.10.2-4.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools-devel package and not the open-vm-tools-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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