01 Record

CVE-2016-5330

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 18.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-08-08 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5cc08c605809b2e3069f8b8ebad099ab22abc25ef2f55907c562b4fb9abd0f54

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

applemac_os_xNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

vmwareesxiNot specified—

vmwarefusionNot specified—

vmwaretoolsNot specified—

vmwareworkstation_playerNot specified—

vmwareworkstation_proNot specified—

06 References

www.securitytracker.com1036544http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securitytracker.com1036619http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com92323http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com20160805 DLL side loading vulnerability in VMware Host Guest Client Redirectorhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securitytracker.com1036545http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
securify.nlhttps://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideloadx_refsource_MISC