CVE-2016-5330: VMware ESXi

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• VMware ESXi: from 5.0, up to and including 6.0
• VMware Fusion: from 8.1, before 8.1.1 (fixed in 8.1.1)
• VMware Tools: from 9.0.0, up to and including 10.3.22
• VMware Workstation Player: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.1 (fixed in 12.1.1)
• VMware Workstation Pro: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.1 (fixed in 12.1.1)

Published 2016-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.