CVE-2011-1787 describes a race condition in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) component, specifically in mount.vmhgfs, affecting various VMware products including Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX. This flaw allows a guest OS user to elevate their privileges within the guest operating system by mounting a filesystem over an arbitrary directory. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the guest OS. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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