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
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 8.4.2-261024
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 36.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 34.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 23.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 22.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 20.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 18.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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