CVE-2011-2146: VMware Esx

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 3.0.3 only; version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware ESXi: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware Fusion: version 3.1 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.1.2 only
• VMware Player: version 3.1 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.1.2 only; version 3.1.3 only
• VMware Workstation: version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; version 7.1.3 only

Published 2011-06-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.