CVE-2011-1787 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-1787

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File...

Vulnerability 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.

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

workstation, player, fusion, esx, esxi
Vulnerable Versions:
7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 6th, 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.