CVE-2011-1126 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in VMware Workstation on Linux.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1126?
CVE-2011-1126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 1 Apr 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1126?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Vix Api, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1126?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-1126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2qw-vv3p-xrvq.