VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0…

Description

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5, when a Windows 8.1 guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel NULL pointer dereference and guest OS crash) via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126869/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1030310 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 1030311 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20140530 NEW VMSA-2014-0005 - VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 58894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-3793](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-3793.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-3793)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:57 UTC.