EIP-2026-116507

PRE-CVE

VMware Workstation 12.5.2 - Drag n Drop Use-After-Free (Pwn2Own 2017) (PoC)

Title source: legacy

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116507. PoCs published by keenlab.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a double-free vulnerability in VMware's DnD (Drag and Drop) capability, leveraging heap manipulation and ROP to achieve arbitrary code execution. It includes memory leak techniques to bypass ASLR and a structured payload for VMware escape.

Description

VMware Workstation 12.5.2 - Drag n Drop Use-After-Free (Pwn2Own 2017) (PoC)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by keenlab · cdoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44533

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This exploit targets a double-free vulnerability in VMware's DnD (Drag and Drop) capability, leveraging heap manipulation and ROP to achieve arbitrary code execution. It includes memory leak techniques to bypass ASLR and a structured payload for VMware escape.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Complex

Reliability

Racy

Target: VMware Workstation/Player (likely versions with DnD capability)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: VMware guest with DnD enabled · Network access to VMware RPC interface

MITRE ATT&CK

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026