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title: "CVE-2014-4199\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-4199

Publication date 28 August 2014

Last updated 30 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| open-vm-tools | 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4199)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4199)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4199)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4199)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7714-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7714-1)
+ Open VM Tools vulnerabilities
+ 24 August 2025

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4199>