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 guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by mounting a filesystem on top of an arbitrary directory.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
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.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.3:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2011-06-06 19:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03

NVD link : CVE-2011-1787

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1787

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1787

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Products Affected

vmware

workstation
esx
fusion
esxi
player

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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