Is CVE-2016-5330 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5330 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5330?

CVE-2016-5330 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5330?

CVE-2016-5330 has an EPSS score of 18.02% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5330?

Upgrade fusion to 8.1.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5330

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-426

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 8.1, < 8.1.1Fixed in:8.1.1CVE-2016-5330derived from NVD

workstation playerNVD

Affected:>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1Fixed in:12.1.1CVE-2016-5330derived from NVD

workstation proNVD

Affected:>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.1Fixed in:12.1.1CVE-2016-5330derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

18.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

securify.nl

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-426 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-0096	High	9.3	71%	-	-
CVE-2016-10009	High	7.3	37%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0016	High	7.8	31%	-	-
CVE-2012-1854	High	7.8	21%	KEV	-
CVE-2018-12589	High	7.8	20%	-	-
CVE-2022-22047	High	7.8	19%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.