High severity · published Dec 29, 2016
CVE-2016-7461
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…
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FU
Fusion · Vmware
8.0.0; 8.0.1; 8.0.2; 8.1.0; 8.1.1; 8.5.0; +1 more · source: NVD
FP
Fusion Pro · Vmware
8.0.0; 8.0.1; 8.0.2; 8.1.0; 8.1.1; 8.5.0; +1 more · source: NVD
WP
Workstation Player · Vmware
12.0.0; 12.0.1; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.5.0; 12.5.1 · source: NVD
WP
Workstation Pro · Vmware
12.0.0; 12.0.1; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.5.0; 12.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7461
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7461
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037282
Mitigation
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html
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