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.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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
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

21 Nov 2024, 01:01

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

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 : 2025-04-25 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2009-1142

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1142

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-1142

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

open_vm_tools

CWE

CWE-59

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

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