Fedora 25 update for open-vm-tools



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-5191
CWE-ID CWE-362
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

open-vm-tools
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU7639

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5191

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the libDeployPkg component. A local attacker can use the hard-coded paths under /tm, trigger race condition and gain root privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 25

open-vm-tools: before 10.1.5-5.fc25

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-4b4154d6f6


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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