VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1142

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references