CVE-2011-2146 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2146?

CVE-2011-2146 is a low-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 6 Jun 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2146?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2146?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-2146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx

• CVE-2013-1405 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2012-1516 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.9
• CVE-2013-3658 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.4
• CVE-2012-3288 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2008-4281 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3

All Vmware Esx vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2146, GHSA-522g-8fxg-x6c3.