Free and open-source vulnerability scanner

Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.

Install Now

Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

App screenshot

VMSA-2016-0010 (CVE-2016-5330) ESXi: VMware product updates address multiple important security issues

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

VMware Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.4

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

A DLL hijacking vulnerability is present in the VMware Tools 'Shared Folders' (HGFS) feature running on Microsoft Windows. Exploitation of this issue may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the victim. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker would need write access to a network share and they would need to entice the local user into opening their document. Successfully exploiting this issue requires installation of 'Shared Folders' component (HGFS feature) which does not get installed in 'custom/typical' installation of VMware Tools on Windows VM running on ESXi.

Affected Software

Affected Software

ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201603102-SG ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201607102-SG ESXi 5.1 without patch ESXi510-201605102-SG ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201606102-SG

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks for missing patches.

Solution

Solution

Apply the missing patch(es).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)