CVE-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 setuid root and the ChmodChownDirectory function is enabled.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:2009.03.18-154848:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 Nov 2022, 18:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.7
CWE CWE-59
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:2009.03.18-154848:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 - (MISC) https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577 - (MISC) https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

23 Nov 2022, 18:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-11-23 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:14


NVD link : CVE-2009-1142

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1142

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-1142


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Products Affected

vmware

  • open_vm_tools
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')