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TI-2011-01566 Aliases CVE-2011-1787GHSA-cm43-w9vf-5r6r

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware…

Priority LOW 30CWE-362Published · 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
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00243 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 17

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
Show 7 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1787
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cm43-w9vf-5r6r

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03557 Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2007-00059 Integer underflow in the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-02816 The xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not look up inode… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2007-00057 The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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