vulnerability

VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2016-7085: VMware Workstation installer DLL hijacking issue

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2016
Added
Aug 8, 2025
Modified
Aug 8, 2025

Description

Workstation installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.

Solution

vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
Title
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