{"id":"CVE-2016-7461","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7461","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:02:42.489Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-12-29T09:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:53:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["vmware/fusion","vmware/fusion pro","vmware/workstation player","vmware/workstation pro"],"epss":{"score":0.00564,"percentile":0.46702,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037282","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037282","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7461","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}