CVE-2009-1143

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 23, 2022
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-1143: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix