CVE-2016-2077 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.3 and VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.3 on Windows. This flaw allows host OS users to gain elevated privileges on the host operating system due to incorrect access of an executable file. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.