CVE-2011-1681

Published: Apr 10, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

3.3

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Vmware: Open Vm Tools

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Open Vm Tools	Up to 8.4.2-261024

Related CWEs

References (40)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/44904

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/44904

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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