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CVE-2009-1143

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  • Published2022-11-23
  • WeaknessCWE-59

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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).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-11-2318:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Vmware open-vm-tools
BranchAffectedFixed in
2009.3= 2009.03.18-154848no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • open-vm-toolsDebian:14all versions · fixed in 2:12.0.0-1
  • open-vm-toolsDebian:13all versions · fixed in 2:12.0.0-1
  • open-vm-toolsDebian:12all versions · fixed in 2:12.0.0-1

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

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Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
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Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-11-23
Last Modified
2026-06-16
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-29j9-2p84-4f27

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-1143?

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).

Is CVE-2009-1143 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2009-1143 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.3% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1143?

CVE-2009-1143 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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