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    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:Nov 23, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 25, 2025
    EPS:Nov 23, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00028
    CVSS Score:6.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Open Vm Tools

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High