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CVE-2009-1142

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpen Vm Tools

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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