CVE-2016-7457
VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7457- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7457- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8310 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8310- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xm6j-mv8r-9mhp
VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xm6j-mv8r-9mhp- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7457 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Vmware Vrealize Operations, published December 29, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.18%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.