What is CVE-2016-7087?

CVE-2016-7087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-7087?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2016-7087

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2016-12-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.044 (91.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
VMware Horizon View — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93455 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0015.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036972 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7087?: CVE-2016-7087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-7087?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.