CVE-2016-2077

critical VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 32% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 18, 2016 (3649 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.3 and VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.3 on Windows incorrectly access an executable file, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

vmware playervmware workstation

References

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