CVE-2016-7083

CVSS V2 Medium 5.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via TrueType fonts embedded in EMFSPOOL.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7083
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-29T09:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-03T01:29:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 8.5
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.1
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92934 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40398/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7083
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7083
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:41:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:36:53 2016-12-29T09:59Z 2016-12-29T09:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:36:53 2017-09-03T01:29:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:36:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated