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CVE-2016-5545 Detail

Current 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).


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95590 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-254 7PK - Security Features cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5545
NVD Published Date:
01/27/2017
NVD Last Modified:
03/04/2019
Source:
Oracle