CVE-2009-1142

MEDIUM

VMware open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848 - Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack on /tmp Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
vmware/open_vm_tools 2009.03.18-154848
Published Nov 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026