CVE-2011-1787
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Workstation
PublishedJun 6, 2011
First seenJun 6, 2011
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware workstation | 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3 | — |
| vmware player | 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 | — |
| vmware fusion | 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2 | — |
| vmware esx | 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 | — |
| vmware esxi | 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 | — |
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