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CVE-2016-5330

Published: Aug 8, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html

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20160805 DLL side loading vulnerability in VMware Host Guest Client Redirector

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20151201/dll_side_loading_vulnerability_in_vmware_host_guest_client_redirector.html

x_refsource_MISC

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/misc/vmhgfs_webdav_dll_sideload

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