UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5191
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191
Upstream
Published
2017-07-28T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:07.683320Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

2:9.*

2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3

2:10.*

2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}