CVE-2014-1209

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware vSphere Client 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 before Update 3, and 5.1 before Update 2 does not properly validate updates to Client files, which allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of an arbitrary program via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0003.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0003.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 11, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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