Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2009-1143

high Nessus Plugin ID 217130

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- 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). (CVE-2009-1143)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-1143

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1143

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1143

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217130

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2009_1143.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-vm-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1143