VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0005) (CVE-2016-2077)
10
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
05/18/2016
07/25/2018
10/24/2016
10/30/2017
Description
VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.3 and VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.3 on Windows incorrectly access an executable file, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.
Solution(s)
- vmware-player-upgrade-7_1_3
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