What is CVE-2016-7457?

CVE-2016-7457 is a critical-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Operations, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-7457?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Operations

CVE-2016-7457

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.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Vrealize Operations — versions 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.2.0a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0016.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036999 (vdb-entry)
h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93499 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7457?: CVE-2016-7457 is a critical-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Operations, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-7457?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.