CVE-2016-7457

critical
Published 2016-12-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
10.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
8.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges, or halt and remove virtual machines, via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
98%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@vmware.com — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0016.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmwarevrealize_operations6.0.0
vmwarevrealize_operations6.1.0
vmwarevrealize_operations6.2.0a
vmwarevrealize_operations6.2.1
vmwarevrealize_operations6.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.