CVE-2009-1143

low-risk
Published 2022-11-23

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).

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Open-Vm-Tools

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (4)

Issue Tracking https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848
Issue Tracking https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal