# CVE-2014-8370: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can escalate privileges or cause denial of service by modifying configuration files in VMware virtualization products.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3g8q-4222-255f

## What is CVE-2014-8370?

CVE-2014-8370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 29 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8370?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8370?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8370 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8370 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi

- [CVE-2026-41709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41709/): Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging (low 2.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-5521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5521/): Information disclosure in VMware ESXi (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-22252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22252/): Use-after-free vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2020-3955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3955/): Cross-site scripting in ESXi (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-4573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4573/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8370 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 29 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Esxi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8370/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8370/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8370
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8370
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8370

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.