Race condition in VMware Tools - CVE-2015-5191
Published: August 1, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7639
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware Tools
VMware Tools
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5191
Update to version 10.0.9.