CVE-2011-1787
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
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.
Products: vmware workstation, vmware player, vmware fusion, vmware esx, vmware esxi
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | open-vm-tools | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| Debian 13 | open-vm-tools | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| Debian 14 | open-vm-tools | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |