cve-2016-5330
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-08 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:00
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideloadThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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