CVE-2011-1787 | BDVDB-2026-46274 Detail

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#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12011-06-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.