open-vm-tools — security advisory
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, when a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary guest OS files via unspecified vectors, related to a "procedural error."
- Products
- open-vm-tools
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-2145
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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, when a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary guest OS files via unspecified vectors, related to a "procedural error."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145
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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"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, when a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary guest OS files via unspecified vectors, related to a \"procedural error.\"",
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.665773079Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2145"
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416684,
"published_at": "2011-06-06T19:55:02.833+00:00"
}