https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:35:08 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2014-4199 <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2014-4199 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-7714-1 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: open-vm-tools</p> <p>Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)</p> <p>Dolev Farhi discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to setup a symlink attack and override files without authorization. (CVE-2014-4199)</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: open-vm-tools</p> <p>Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)</p> <p>Dolev Farhi discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled certain file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to setup a symlink attack and override files without authorization. (CVE-2014-4199)</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-7714-1