CVE-2016-5330
43Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendepss 18%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDAug 8
1st PoCAug 6
metasploitAug 5
exploitation probability
18%top 3% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/41711⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.htmlhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideloadhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539131/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036619http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html