5.5med

CVE-2016-5328

VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 29%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel memory addresses and bypass the kASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
Technology feeds
VMware (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/93886 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0017.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037102 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.