CVE-2011-1126
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1140)
- Published
- April 4, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1140 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / vix api
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000131.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43885(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43943(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8173
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025270
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517240/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47094
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0006.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0816(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66472
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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