Vulnerability in VMware Open Vm Tools
CVE-2009-1142
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- VMware Open Vm Tools — versions 2009.03.18-154848
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/264577 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1142?
- CVE-2009-1142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Open Vm Tools, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-11-23.
- How severe is CVE-2009-1142?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2009-1142 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.