CVE-2009-1143 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can bypass mount restrictions via a symlink race condition in open-vm-tools, potentially escalating privileges or accessing unauthorized shares.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-1143?
CVE-2009-1143 is a high-severity 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 bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1143?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Open-Vm-Tools.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1143?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2009-1143 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1143 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1143, GHSA-29j9-2p84-4f27, UBUNTU-CVE-2009-1143.