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CVE-2016-7087

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7087 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Horizon View, affecting versions 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x prior to their respective patched releases. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information without authentication, as indicated by its CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) and an attack vector of network with low complexity. While the vulnerability has garnered some media attention, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0436 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

securityfocus.com / bid/93455
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036972
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0015.html
PatchVendor Advisory