CVE-2016-5330

Exp

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.

Published: 2016-08-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-5330 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.02%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-5330

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41711 exploit_db edb 2016-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-5330

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 22.87% 18.02% -4.85%
2 2026-05-17 25.48% 22.87% -2.61%
3 2026-05-16 — 25.48% —

Full EPSS history (58 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-5330

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-5330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-5330

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware workstation_player >= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation_pro >= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi >= 5.0, <= 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion >= 8.1, < 8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware tools >= 9.0.0, <= 10.3.22 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-5330

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