ESXi 5.0 / 5.1 / 5.5 / 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2016-0010) (remote check)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92949

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, or 6.0 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the Shared Folders (HGFS) feature due to improper loading of Dynamic-link library (DLL) files from insecure paths, including the current working directory, which may not be under user control. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability, by placing a malicious DLL in the path or by convincing a user into opening a file on a network share, to inject and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (CVE-2016-5330)

- An HTTP header injection vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.
(CVE-2016-5331)

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch as referenced in the vendor advisory.

Note that VMware Tools on Windows-based guests that use the Shared Folders (HGFS) feature must also be updated to completely mitigate CVE-2016-5330.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92949

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2016-0010_remote.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/12/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5330

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

Required KB Items: Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Exploitable With

Metasploit (DLL Side Loading Vulnerability in VMware Host Guest Client Redirector)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5330, CVE-2016-5331

BID: 92323, 92324

VMSA: 2016-0010

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