CVE-2014-8370
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8207)
- Published
- January 29, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8207 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / fusion
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88252465/index.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000007(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62669
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72338(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031642(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031643(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100933
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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