CVE-2016-7461

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
The drag-and-drop (aka DnD) function in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 8.x before 8.5.2 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access on the host OS) via unspecified vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7461
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-29T09:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-28T01:29:06
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:fusion:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037282
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7461
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7461
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:17:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:37:20 2016-12-29T09:59Z 2016-12-29T09:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:37:20 2017-07-28T01:29:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:37:21 Modified Vulnerability Status updated