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CVE-2009-1143

HIGH
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
HIGH7
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 bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).

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. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Issue TrackingPatchThird 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

7HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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