CVE-2016-5330

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Publication date:

08/08/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player::::::::	12.1.0 (including)	12.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro::::::::	12.1.0 (including)	12.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi::::::::	5.0 (including)	6.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::	8.1 (including)	8.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools::::::::	9.0.0 (including)	10.3.22 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-5330

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools