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    CVE-2009-1143

    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).

    Published:Nov 23, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 25, 2025
    EPS:Nov 23, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00016
    CVSS Score: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