CVE-2016-2077
CRITICALVMware Player 7.x < 7.1.3 and Workstation 11.x < 11.1.3 - Privilege Escalation via Executable File Access
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035900
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0005.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0055
EPSS Percentile
68.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (8)
vmware/player
7.0
vmware/player
7.1
vmware/player
7.1.1
vmware/player
7.1.2
vmware/workstation
11.0
vmware/workstation
11.1
vmware/workstation
11.1.1
vmware/workstation
11.1.2
Published
May 18, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026