cve/2009/CVE-2009-1143.md

### [CVE-2009-1143](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1143)
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### Description

An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2009-1143