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CVE-2011-1787

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
06/06/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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