CVE-2009-1142 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via symlink attacks on temporary files when specific VMware Tools configurations are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-1142?
CVE-2009-1142 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1142?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Open Vm Tools.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1142?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2009-1142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1142, GHSA-gpcm-h3wc-3765.