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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENVMTOOLS-1328129
  • 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 RHEL:7 open-vm-tools to version 0:9.10.2-4.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:2246.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools package and not the open-vm-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Base Scores

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