CVE-2011-2146 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) component, specifically mount.vmhgfs. This flaw allows a guest operating system user to determine the existence of files and directories on the host operating system. It affects various VMware products including Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX across several versions. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating local access is required with low attack complexity, and its impact is limited to confidentiality (information disclosure) without affecting integrity or availability. 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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