CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7086
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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 configurations
• vmware workstation player 12.0.0
• vmware workstation player 12.0.1
• vmware workstation player 12.1.0
• vmware workstation player 12.1.1
• vmware workstation pro 12.0.0
• vmware workstation pro 12.0.1
• vmware workstation pro 12.1.0
• vmware workstation pro 12.1.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92941 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92941 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html Vendor Advisory