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.

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Vmware Open_vm_tools — versions 2009.03.18-154848
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (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.