CVE-2011-1681
Low
Description
vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Open-vm-tools
PublishedApr 10, 2011
First seenApr 10, 2011
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware open-vm-tools | v ≤ 8.4.2-261024 | — |
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