4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%
VMware Workstation Player is prone to an important guest privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:player";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809024");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5330");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-05 16:33:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-01 10:20:57 +0530 (Thu, 01 Sep 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_name("VMware Workstation Player 'HGFS' Feature Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware Workstation Player is prone to an important guest privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a DLL hijacking
vulnerability present in the VMware Tools 'Shared Folders' (HGFS) feature
running on Microsoft Windows.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
local users to gain extra privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Workstation Player 12.1.x before
12.1.1 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VMware Workstation Player
version 12.1.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92323");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Win/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vmwareVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(vmwareVer =~ "^(12\.1)")
{
if(version_is_less(version:vmwareVer, test_version:"12.1.1"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmwareVer, fixed_version:"12.1.1");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%