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).
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | open-vm-tools | - | - |
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AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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vmware / open-vm-tools
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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