CVE-2016-7457 is a critical vulnerability affecting VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0. It allows remote authenticated users to achieve privilege escalation or disrupt virtual machine operations, including halting and removal, through unspecified means. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.