CVE-2011-2146

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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 determine the existence of host OS files and directories via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware ESX: 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
VMware ESXi: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
VMware Fusion: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2
VMware Player: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3
VMware Workstation: 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67813
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
http://secunia.com/advisories/44840
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48098
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025601
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html

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