CVE-2014-1209

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

VMware Vsphere Client: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1

References

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

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