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    CVE-2011-1681

    vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

    Published:Apr 10, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 10, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00088
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Open-vm-tools

    Exploits

    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High