CVE-2011-1787
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CVE-2011-1787 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Workstation | 7.1.1 |
| Vmware | Workstation | 7.1.2 |
| Vmware | Workstation | 7.1.3 |
| Vmware | Player | 3.1 |
| Vmware | Player | 3.1.1 |
| Vmware | Player | 3.1.2 |
| Vmware | Player | 3.1.3 |
| Vmware | Fusion | 3.1 |
| Vmware | Fusion | 3.1.1 |
| Vmware | Fusion | 3.1.2 |
| Vmware | Esx | 3.0.3 |
| Vmware | Esx | 3.5 |
| Vmware | Esx | 4.0 |
| Vmware | Esx | 4.1 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 3.5 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 4.0 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 4.1 |
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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