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open-vm-tools — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146

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 determine the existence of host OS files and directories via unspecified vectors.

Products
open-vm-tools
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1
CVEs
CVE-2011-2146
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jun 2011, 19:55 UTC

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 determine the existence of host OS files and directories via unspecified vectors.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146

open-vm-tools

Fixed versions: 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1

open-vm-tools

Fixed versions: 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1

open-vm-tools

Fixed versions: 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "6f0cf6f523957a65379b20789d28038343135821f24137e69756f285dfbea04d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146",
    "summary": "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 determine the existence of host OS files and directories via unspecified vectors.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "open-vm-tools",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "open-vm-tools",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "open-vm-tools",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "open-vm-tools",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "open-vm-tools",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "open-vm-tools",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:42.571230281Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-2146"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2146"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-2146",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 418485,
  "published_at": "2011-06-06T19:55:02.863+00:00"
}