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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8370 Detail

Description

VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allow host OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (arbitrary write to a file) by modifying a configuration file.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88252465/index.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000007 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://secunia.com/advisories/62551 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62605 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62669 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72338 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031642 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031643 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100933 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8370
NVD Published Date:
01/29/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE