vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024…
Priority LOW 16CWE-16Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00445 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1681
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-94c3-vwq8-frg9
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 1
Other 15
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110401 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110303 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
- [oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
More VMware Open-vm-tools vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-01085 An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2011-1681 · CVE Program
- CVE-2011-1681 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-94c3-vwq8-frg9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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