Is CVE-2014-4200 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-4200 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-4200?

CVE-2014-4200 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-4200

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.7 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.4% (33th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-4129)
Published: August 28, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4129 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

vmware / tools
vmware / vm-support
vmware / workstation
vmware / workstation
vmware / workstation
vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VMware VMkernel Cryptographic Module 2.0 - VMware, Inc. - FIPS 140 4815 - active
VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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