CVE-2011-1681
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CVE-2011-1681 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Open-Vm-Tools | <= 8.4.2-261024 |
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