open-vm-tools: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848
CVE-2009-1142 is fixed in open-vm-tools on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1142, released November 23, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| open-vm-tools · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1142 | Nov 23, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1142 | Nov 23, 2022 |
| open-vm-tools · Debian 14 | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1142 | Nov 23, 2022 |
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