CVE-2009-1142

An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp files if vmware-user-suid-wrapper is setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled.
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CISA-ADPADP
6.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
VendorProductVersion
vmwareopen_vm_tools
2009.03.18-154848
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
bullseye (security)
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3
fixed
bullseye
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3
fixed
bookworm
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2
fixed
bookworm (security)
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2
fixed
sid
2:12.4.5-1
fixed
trixie
2:12.4.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
open-vm-tools
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848