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CVE-2011-1681 (GCVE-0-2011-1681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-04-10 01:29 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:37

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

20 references

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980	x_refsource_MISC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2011-03-03 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2011-1681

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-10 02:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:29

Severity

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
cve@mitre.org	https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	vmware	open-vm-tools	*

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GHSA-94C3-VWQ8-FRG9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:00 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:00

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GSD-2011-1681

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

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              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [
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              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7"
            },
            {
              "name": "44904",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/44904"
            },
            {
              "name": "openSUSE-SU-2011:0617",
              "refsource": "SUSE",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677"
            },
            {
              "name": "vmware-vmwarehgfsmounter-sec-bypass(66699)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699"
            }
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        }
      },
      "impact": {
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          "cvssV2": {
            "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
            "accessVector": "LOCAL",
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            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 3.3,
            "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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            "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 3.4,
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          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
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          "userInteractionRequired": false
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-08-17T01:34Z",
      "publishedDate": "2011-04-10T02:55Z"
    }
  }
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1681 (CVE-2011-1681)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2011-04-10 02:55 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:49 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1681	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1681	REPORT

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  "affected": [
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_name": "open-vm-dkms",
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          },
          {
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          },
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          },
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        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2",
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  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1681",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:59Z",
  "published": "2011-04-10T02:55:00Z",
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}

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