Medium severity · published Jan 27, 2017
CVE-2016-5545
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)
6.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VV
VM Virtualbox · Oracle
5.0.0 before 5.0.32; 5.1.0 before 5.1.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5545
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5545
Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95590
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
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