Is CVE-2016-7462 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-7462 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-7462?

CVE-2016-7462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7462?

CVE-2016-7462 has an EPSS score of 2.04% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-7462?

No published fix for CVE-2016-7462 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7462

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

8.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Suite REST API in VMware vRealize Operations (aka vROps) 6.x before 6.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary content to files or rename files via a crafted DiskFileItem in a relay-request payload that is mishandled during deserialization.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls CWE-749

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory1

tenable.com

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.