CVE-2016-7085

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.42% (36th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USprimary

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware workstation player= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation player= 12.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation player= 12.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation player= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation pro= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation pro= 12.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation pro= 12.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation pro= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-12-29modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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