CVE-2011-1787

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una Condición de carrera en mount.vmhgfs en VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) en VMware Workstation versiones 7.1.x anteriores a 7.1.4, VMware Player versiones 3.1.x anteriores a 3.1.4, VMware Fusion versiones 3.1.x anteriores a 3.1.3, VMware ESXi versiones 3.5 hasta 4.1, y VMware ESX versiones 3.0.3 hasta 4.1, permite a los usuarios del Sistema Operativo invitado alcanzar privilegios en el Sistema Operativo Invitado al montar un sistema de archivos sobre un directorio arbitrario.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.9

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-04-19 CVE Reserved
2011-06-03 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html	2014-11-14

URL	Date	SRC
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677	2014-11-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				7.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "7.1.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				7.1.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "7.1.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Workstation Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation"				7.1.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Workstation" and version "7.1.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				3.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				3.1.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "3.1.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Player Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player"				3.1.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Player" and version "3.1.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				3.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Fusion Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion"				3.1.2 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Fusion" and version "3.1.2"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				4.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				4.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				4.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				4.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "4.1"		-		Affected