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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-1787

CVE-2011-1787

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Esx4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Esxi3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Fusion4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 3.1.3
  • VMware/Player5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 3.1.4
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 7.1.4

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