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CVE-2011-1787

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.24%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-06-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2011-1787
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.24%
VMware VMWare ESXi

Original Filing — NVD 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.