CVE-2015-5191

Name	CVE-2015-5191
Description	VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	869633

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	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3	fixed
	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	Debian Bugs
open-vm-tools	source	wheezy	(not affected)
open-vm-tools	source	jessie	(not affected)
open-vm-tools	source	stretch	2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u1
open-vm-tools	source	(unstable)	2:10.1.5-5055683-5	low	869633

Notes

[jessie] - open-vm-tools <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - open-vm-tools <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
9.10.x: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/c1304ce8bfd9c0c33999e496bf7049d5c3d45821
10.0.x: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/b3068b04880eda4ca3e13f2d34fb8ce336ad1a4f
10.1.x: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/22e58289f71232310d30cf162b83b5151a937bac