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open-vm-tools — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145

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, 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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  "id": "cf05d2e7ab1d3791b1bd732608c4b7e579c7790313f5c44cb485505db2a304c7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145",
    "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.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2145",
    "products": [
      {
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          "value": "open-vm-tools",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          ],
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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          },
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          },
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          ],
          "package": {
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          ],
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.665773079Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-2145"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2145"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-2145",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 416684,
  "published_at": "2011-06-06T19:55:02.833+00:00"
}