CVE-2011-1126

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

VMware vmrun, as used in VIX API 1.x before 1.10.3 and VMware Workstation 6.5.x and 7.x before 7.1.4 build 385536 on Linux, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

VMware Vix Api: 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 (+7)
VMware Workstation: 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5 (+6)

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000131.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43885
http://secunia.com/advisories/43943
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8173
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025270
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517240/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47094
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0006.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0816
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66472
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000131.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43885

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