UNIX symbolic link following in open-vm-tools (Red Hat package) - CVE-2014-4199

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU76017

UNIX symbolic link following in open-vm-tools (Red Hat package) - CVE-2014-4199

Published: May 11, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76017
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4199
CWE-ID: CWE-61
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
open-vm-tools (Red Hat package)
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a file in the "/tmp" folder and overwrite it, causing a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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