CVE-2009-1143

Published at:
2022-11-23T18:15:10.823

Global infos:

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

References:

  • [email protected]
  • [email protected]
  • af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  • af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  • Metrics:

    AttributeValue
    Attack ComplexityHIGH
    Attack VectorLOCAL
    Availability ImpactHIGH
    Base Score7
    Base SeverityHIGH
    Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
    Integrity ImpactHIGH
    Privileges RequiredLOW
    ScopeUNCHANGED
    User InteractionNONE
    Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Exploitability Score1
    Impact Score5.9
    Source[email protected]
    TypePrimary

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