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CVE-2014-8370

Published: Jan 29, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.2%
Top 10.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

playervmware
On-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
fusionvmware
On-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
workstationvmware
On-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
esxivmware
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
n/an/a
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88252465/index.html
jvn.jp
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000007
jvndb.jvn.jp
http://secunia.com/advisories/62551
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 29, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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