cve/2016/CVE-2016-7085.md

### [CVE-2016-7085](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7085)
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### Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.