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).
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009.03.18-154848
https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2022-11-23
Updated: 2025-04-25
Base Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00013