VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1143
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).
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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).
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- vmware/open-vm-tools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.