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CVE-2016-2077

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• VMware Player: 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
• VMware Workstation: 11.0, 11.1, 11.1.1, 11.1.2

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035900
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0005.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035900
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0005.html

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