CWE Code: 362
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.9
CWE Name:  Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Summary: race condition in 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 gain privileges on the guest os by mounting a filesystem on top of an arbitrary directory.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2011-06-06
Last Modified Date: 2014-11-14