vulnerability

VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2016-5330 (VMSA-2016-0010)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 8, 2016
Added
Jul 25, 2022
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

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.

Solution

vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest
Title
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