7.8
CWE
426
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-5330

First published: Mon Aug 08 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
VMware Workstation Player>=12.1.0<12.1.1
VMware Workstation Pro>=12.1.0<12.1.1
VMware ESXi>=5.0<=6.0
VMware Fusion>=8.1<8.1.1
Apple Mac OS X
VMware Tools>=9.0.0<=10.3.22
Microsoft Windows

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