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CVE-2011-1681

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1681 describes a vulnerability in vmware-hgfsmounter within VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) versions 8.4.2-261024 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt the /etc/mtab file by exploiting how the software attempts to append to it without checking resource limits, particularly when a process has a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity with local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.4.2-261024CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open-vm-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/44904
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66699
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/8711677