CVE-2009-1143
published 2022-11-23CVE-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…
PriorityP429high7CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.25%
15.9th percentile
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).
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | open-vm-tools | < open-vm-tools 2:12.0.0-1 (bookworm) | open-vm-tools 2:12.0.0-1 (bookworm) |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | — | — |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:12.0.0-1 | 2:12.0.0-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:12.0.0-1 | 2:12.0.0-1 |
| vmware | open-vm-tools | >= 0 < 2:12.0.0-1 | 2:12.0.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.0HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.0HIGH
vendor_debian7.0HIGH
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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OSV
CVE-2009-1143: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
osv·2022-11-23·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2009-1143 [HIGH] CVE-2009-1143: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
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).
GHSA
GHSA-29j9-2p84-4f27: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-11-23
CVE-2009-1143 [HIGH] CWE-59 GHSA-29j9-2p84-4f27: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009
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).
Red Hat
open-vm-tools: access bypass due to realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter)
vendor_redhat·2022-11-23·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2009-1143 [HIGH] CWE-59 open-vm-tools: access bypass due to realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter)
open-vm-tools: access bypass due to realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter)
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).
A vulnerability was found in open-vm-tools. This flaw allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Fix deferred
Package: open-vm-tools (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2009-1143: open-vm-tools - An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypa...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2009-1143 [HIGH] CVE-2009-1143: open-vm-tools - An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypa...
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).
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2:12.0.0-1)
bullseye: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 2:12.0.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2:12.0.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2:12.0.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2022-11-23
Published