{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191","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","modified":"2026-04-22T10:25:39.512727Z","published":"2017-07-28T21:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-5191"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5191"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5191"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"open-vm-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3","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":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"open-vm-tools","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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5191.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}