| Name | CVE-2009-1143 |
| 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:9.4.6-1770165-8+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:12.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| open-vm-tools | source | (unstable) | 2:12.0.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - open-vm-tools <ignored> (Minor issue; mount.vmhgfs not suid root in Debian)
[buster] - open-vm-tools <ignored> (Minor issue; mount.vmhgfs not suid root in Debian)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372070
Removing hgfsmounter/mount.vmhgfs: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/61331a189a0eeb76f014db28288b06c0323bc0b9 (stable-12.0.0)
[stretch] - open-vm-tools <ignored> (Minor issue; mount.vmhgfs not suid root in Debian)
[jessie] - open-vm-tools <ignored> (Minor issue; mount.vmhgfs not suid root in Debian)