#VU7639 Race condition in VMware Tools - CVE-2015-5191 

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#VU7639 Race condition in VMware Tools - CVE-2015-5191

Published: August 1, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7639
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
VMware Tools
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

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.


Remediation

Update to version 10.0.9.

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