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).
CVE Status: Modified
Attribute | Value |
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Attack Complexity | HIGH |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Availability Impact | HIGH |
Base Score | 7 |
Base Severity | HIGH |
Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
Integrity Impact | HIGH |
Privileges Required | LOW |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
User Interaction | NONE |
Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Exploitability Score | 1 |
Impact Score | 5.9 |
Source | [email protected] |
Type | Primary |