Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-1787 (CCN-67814)

Assigned:2011-06-02
Published:2011-06-02
Updated:2014-11-14
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
3.4 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-362
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2011-1787

Source: CCN
Type: VMSA-2011-0009
VMware hosted product updates, ESX patches and VI Client update resolve multiple security issues

Source: CCN
Type: SA44840
VMware Products mount.vmhgfs Multiple Security Issues

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
44840

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
44904

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 73240
VMware Multiple Products mount.vmhgfs Race Condition Filesystem Mounting Local Privilege Escalation

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
48098

Source: CCN
Type: BID-48098
Multiple VMware products 'Mount.vmhgfs' Mutiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1025601

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-mountvmhgfs-priv-esc(67814)

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2011:0617

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20111787
    V
    		CVE-2011-1787
    2015-11-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20345
    V
    		VMware hosted product updates, ESX patches and VI Client update resolve multiple security issues
    2014-01-20
    BACK
    vmware workstation 7.1.1
    vmware workstation 7.1.2
    vmware workstation 7.1.3
    vmware player 3.1
    vmware player 3.1.1
    vmware player 3.1.2
    vmware player 3.1.3
    vmware fusion 3.1
    vmware fusion 3.1.1
    vmware fusion 3.1.2
    vmware esx 3.0.3
    vmware esx 3.5
    vmware esx 4.0
    vmware esx 4.1
    vmware esxi 3.5
    vmware esxi 4.0
    vmware esxi 4.1
    vmware esx server 3.5
    vmware esxi 3.5
    vmware esx 3.0.2
    vmware esx server 4.0
    vmware fusion 3.0
    vmware esxi 4.0
    vmware workstation 7.0
    vmware player 3.0
    vmware workstation 7.0.1
    vmware player 3.0.1
    vmware workstation 7.1.1
    vmware fusion 3.1
    vmware player 3.1
    vmware player 3.1.1
    vmware player 3.1.2
    vmware workstation 7.1
    vmware workstation 7.1.2
    vmware workstation 7.1.3
    vmware fusion 3.1.1
    vmware fusion 3.1.2