CVE-2016-5330
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 8, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 7, 2016
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 1036544vdb-entry
- 1036619vdb-entry
- 92323vdb-entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html
- 20160805 DLL side loading vulnerability in VMware Host Guest Client Redirectormailing-list
- 1036545vdb-entry
- https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideload
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