CVE-2009-1142
published 2022-11-23CVE-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…
PriorityP429medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.1th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | open-vm-tools | < open-vm-tools 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 (bookworm) | open-vm-tools 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 (bookworm) |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| vmware | open_vm_tools | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv6.7MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.7MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.7MEDIUM
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Red Hat
open-vm-tools: privilege escalation if vmware-user-suid-wrapper is setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled
vendor_redhat·2022-11-23·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2009-1142 [MEDIUM] CWE-59 open-vm-tools: privilege escalation if vmware-user-suid-wrapper is setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled
open-vm-tools: privilege escalation if vmware-user-suid-wrapper is setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled
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.
A vulnerability was found in open-vm-tools. This flaw allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp files if the vmware-user-suid-wrapper is the setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled.
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2009-1142: open-vm-tools - An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can gain...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2009-1142 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1142: open-vm-tools - An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can gain...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1)
OSV
CVE-2009-1142: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
osv·2022-11-23·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2009-1142 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1142: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
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.
GHSA
GHSA-gpcm-h3wc-3765: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-11-23
CVE-2009-1142 [MEDIUM] CWE-59 GHSA-gpcm-h3wc-3765: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2022-11-23
Published