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CVE-2011-1126
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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.38%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 1025270 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 43885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- vmware-vmrun-privilege-escalation(66472) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20110330 UPDATED VMSA-2011-0006.1 VMware vmrun utility local privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20110330 VMSA-2011-0006 VMware vmrun utility local privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43943 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 47094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 8173 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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