Link Following Affecting open-vm-tools package, versions <2:12.0.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-OPENVMTOOLS-3146783
  • published24 Nov 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2022

Introduced: 23 Nov 2022

CVE-2009-1143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 open-vm-tools to version 2:12.0.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools package and not the open-vm-tools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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).

CVSS Scores

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