CVE-2009-1143

An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7 HIGH
LOCAL
HIGH
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
7 HIGH
LOCAL
HIGH
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 15%
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)
vulnerable
bullseye
ignored
buster
ignored
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
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
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