CVE-2011-1787
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/player · vmware/fusion · vmware/esx · vmware/esxi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.