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CVE-2011-1787

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
open-vm-toolsDebian
Fixed in:2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1CVE-2011-1787
Fixed in:2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1CVE-2011-1787
Fixed in:2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1CVE-2011-1787
Fixed in:2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1CVE-2011-1787

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days
15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

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