CVE-2011-1787

N/A Unknown
Published: June 06, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
15th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

Affected Vendors

vmware

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