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CVE-2011-1787

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by mounting a filesystem on top of an arbitrary directory.

Published

2011-06-06T19:55:01.987

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-362
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware workstation 7.1.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 7.1.2 Yes
Application vmware workstation 7.1.3 Yes
Application vmware player 3.1 Yes
Application vmware player 3.1.1 Yes
Application vmware player 3.1.2 Yes
Application vmware player 3.1.3 Yes
Application vmware fusion 3.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 3.1.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 3.1.2 Yes
Application vmware esx 3.0.3 Yes
Application vmware esx 3.5 Yes
Application vmware esx 4.0 Yes
Application vmware esx 4.1 Yes
Application vmware esxi 3.5 Yes
Application vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Application vmware esxi 4.1 Yes
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