I was able to to reproduce a similar issue by trying to use ListFilesInGuest in /tmp. We found that the issue can be fixed by commenting out the option
PrivateTmp=yes
under [Services] in /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service and the commands
# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl restart open-vm-tools
I was able to to reproduce a similar issue by trying to use ListFilesInGuest in /tmp. We found that the issue can be fixed by commenting out the option system/ open-vm- tools.service and the commands
PrivateTmp=yes
under [Services] in /lib/systemd/
# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl restart open-vm-tools