CVE-2009-1143

Published Nov 23, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: 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).
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open-vm-tools:2009.03.18-154848:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C6F6BD47-6036-42F3-AA0A-659F2D9F88CE"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References