CVE-2016-7461

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 70% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: December 29, 2016 (3424 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

The drag-and-drop (aka DnD) function in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 8.x before 8.5.2 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access on the host OS) via unspecified vectors.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

vmware fusionvmware fusion provmware workstation playervmware workstation pro

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com