Is CVE-2011-2145 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-2145 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-2145?

CVE-2011-2145 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-2145?

CVE-2011-2145 has an EPSS score of 0.32% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2145?

Upgrade open-vm-tools on debian 11 to 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-2145

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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, when a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary guest OS files via unspecified vectors, related to a "procedural error."

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

open-vm-toolsDebian

Fixed in:2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1CVE-2011-2145

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

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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