CVE-2011-1681

N/A Unknown
Published: April 10, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
35th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-16

Affected Vendors

vmware

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