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CVE-2016-5330

high · 7.8

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.

7.8
CVSS
18.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2016-08-08
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
vmwareworkstation_player>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1
vmwareworkstation_pro>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1
vmwareesxi>= 5.0, <= 6.0
vmwarefusion>= 8.1, < 8.1.1
applemac_os_xall versions
vmwaretools>= 9.0.0, <= 10.3.22
microsoftwindowsall versions

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References

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curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2016-5330