Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7079 First vendor Publication 2016-12-29
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7079

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 71

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-09-15 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affecte...
File : macosx_fusion_vmsa_2016_0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-15 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affecte...
File : macosx_vmware_tools_vmsa_2016_0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-15 Name : The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2016-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-15 Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by mult...
File : vmware_workstation_multiple_vmsa_2016_0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-19 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html
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2024-11-28 12:58:49
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2022-03-18 01:25:29
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2021-06-30 12:20:49
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2020-05-23 02:01:13
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2018-09-12 01:03:47
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2017-07-30 12:02:21
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2017-01-03 21:24:33
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2016-12-31 09:24:36
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2016-12-29 21:23:47
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2016-12-29 13:20:33
  • First insertion