CVE-2011-1126 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-1126

VMware vmrun, as used in VIX API 1.x before 1.10.3...

Vulnerability Description

VMware vmrun, as used in VIX API 1.x before 1.10.3 and VMware Workstation 6.5.x and 7.x before 7.1.4 build 385536 on Linux, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in an unspecified directory.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vix api, workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.7, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.9, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3

Timeline

Official Publish: April 1st, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.