CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter <8.4.2-261024 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (20)

Core 20
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Scores

EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-16
Status published
Products (1)
vmware/open-vm-tools < 8.4.2-261024
Published Apr 10, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026