CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-5330

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-5330 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5, allowing local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access and privilege escalation by local users, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update VMware Tools to version 10.0.5 or later and to monitor and restrict access to users' working directories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS