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 exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege escalation. CVSS:3.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2015-5191 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1741390: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1741390 | Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1741390 | Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1741390 | Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful) | High | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1750780: Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) | High | Invalid | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | cloud-init | Undecided | Invalid | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | open-vm-tools (Debian) | Unknown | Fix Released | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | systemd (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | systemd (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Incomplete | ||
| 1750780 | Race with local file systems can make open-vm-tools fail to start | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1758428: Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1758428 | Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1758428 | Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Bionic) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1758428 | Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1758428 | Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files | open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1758428 | Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files | open-vm-tools (Debian) | Unknown | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
