CVE-2011-1681

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open-vm-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2011-04-10 02:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03


NVD link : CVE-2011-1681

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1681

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1681


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Products Affected

vmware

  • open-vm-tools
CWE
CWE-16

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