CVE - CVE-2011-1787

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1787	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:48098 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098 CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html SECTRACK:1025601 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601 SECUNIA:44840 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44840 SECUNIA:44904 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44904 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2011:0617 URL:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110419	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110419)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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