Vulnerability Details : CVE-2011-1681
Potential exploit
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.
Products affected by CVE-2011-1681
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open-vm-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1681
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 23 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2011-1681
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.3
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LOW | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
3.4
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4.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2011-1681
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2011-1681
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
oss-security - Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZEExploit
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
openSUSE.org - 503
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools vmware-hgfsmounter security bypass CVE-2011-1681 Vulnerability Report
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http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
688980 – (CVE-2011-1089) CVE-2011-1089 glibc: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZEExploit
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
oss-security - Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
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