CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5330
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (aka Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5 in VMware ESXi 5.0 through 6.0, VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.x before 12.1.1, VMware Workstation Player 12.1.x before 12.1.1, and VMware Fusion 8.1.x before 8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
Affected configurations
• vmware workstation player (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.1)
• vmware workstation pro (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.1)
• vmware esxi (>= 5.0 <= 6.0)
• vmware fusion (>= 8.1 < 8.1.1)
• vmware tools (>= 9.0.0 <= 10.3.22)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideload Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideload Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory