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open-vm-tools — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787

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
open-vm-tools
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1
CVEs
CVE-2011-1787
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jun 2011, 19:55 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787",
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          "value": "open-vm-tools",
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            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:50.987045379Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-1787"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1787"
      ]
    },
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      {
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419276,
  "published_at": "2011-06-06T19:55:01.987+00:00"
}