CVE-2011-1787

Published: Jun 6, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (17)

Products: Vmware: Workstation, Player, Fusion, Esx, Esxi

5 products

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Workstation	Version 7.1.1
Vmware Workstation	Version 7.1.2
Vmware Workstation	Version 7.1.3

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Player	Version 3.1.1
Vmware Player	Version 3.1.2
Vmware Player	Version 3.1.3
Vmware Player	Version 3.1

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Fusion	Version 3.1.1
Vmware Fusion	Version 3.1.2
Vmware Fusion	Version 3.1

Configuration D

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Esx	Version 3.0.3
Vmware Esx	Version 3.5
Vmware Esx	Version 4.0
Vmware Esx	Version 4.1
Vmware Esxi	Version 3.5
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.0
Vmware Esxi	Version 4.1