CVE-2009-1142
6.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-1142
To remediate CVE-2009-1142, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/open-vm-tools—upgrade to 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-1142 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |