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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7086

Published: Dec 29, 2016 | Modified: Jul 30, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7086
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The installer in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse setup64.exe file in the installation directory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Workstation_player Vmware 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.0 (including)
Workstation_player Vmware 12.0.1 (including) 12.0.1 (including)
Workstation_player Vmware 12.1.0 (including) 12.1.0 (including)
Workstation_player Vmware 12.1.1 (including) 12.1.1 (including)
Workstation_pro Vmware 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.0 (including)
Workstation_pro Vmware 12.0.1 (including) 12.0.1 (including)
Workstation_pro Vmware 12.1.0 (including) 12.1.0 (including)
Workstation_pro Vmware 12.1.1 (including) 12.1.1 (including)

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