CVE-2016-5330

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5330
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-08T01:59:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-05T16:33:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 12.1.0 12.1.1
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 12.1.0 12.1.1
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0 6.0
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.1 8.1.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.0.0 10.3.22
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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.securitytracker.com/id/1036619 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5330
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5330
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:48:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:51:35 2016-08-08T01:59Z 2016-08-08T01:59:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:51:35 2021-11-05T16:33:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:51:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated