UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191

    Published: 28 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5191

    Summary:

    Details: VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5191, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5191

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: open-vm-tools

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3

    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