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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2009-1143
high Nessus Plugin ID 217130
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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
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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:open-vm-tools-salt-minion, 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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:open-vm-tools-desktop, 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