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CVE-2016-7087

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3...

5.3 Medium

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3.7, 6.x before 6.2.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information 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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

4.36%Up 3.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3.7, 6.x before 6.2.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2016-7087
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3.7, 6.x before 6.2.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2016-7087
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7967 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3.7, 6.x before 6.2.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2016-7967
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggqj-592h-fv2j 5.3

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3...

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Connection Server in VMware Horizon View 5.x before 5.3.7, 6.x before 6.2.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-ggqj-592h-fv2j
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7087 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Vmware Horizon View, published December 29, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.36%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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