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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5191

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 exploi...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 open-vm-tools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:10.1.5-5055683-5"}]}]

Debian:13 open-vm-tools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:10.1.5-5055683-5"}]}]

Debian:14 open-vm-tools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:10.1.5-5055683-5"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org