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CVE-2016-7079

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
29/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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