CVE-2011-1787

VMware <7.1.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Scores

EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (17)
vmware/esx 3.0.3
vmware/esx 3.5
vmware/esx 4.0
vmware/esx 4.1
vmware/esxi 3.5
vmware/esxi 4.0
vmware/esxi 4.1
vmware/fusion 3.1
vmware/fusion 3.1.1
vmware/fusion 3.1.2
... and 7 more
Published Jun 06, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026