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CVE-2016-5330in critical feed1 exploit

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…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
19.5%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

19.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-41711 VMware Host Guest Client Redirector - DLL Side Loading (Metasploit) · local · 2016-08-06

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds
VMware (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1036544 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036619 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92323 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/539131/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036545 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securify.nl /advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirecto · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • rapid7.com /db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideload · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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