CVE-2016-7079

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.108

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080 are affected in vmware tools (x64) 10.0.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080,CVE-2022-31676 are affected in vmware tools (x64) 10.0.5Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-5191,CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080 are affected in vmware tools (x64) 10.0.8Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080 are affected in VMware Tools 10.0.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080,CVE-2022-31676 are affected in VMware Tools 10.0.5Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080 are affected in VMware Tools 10.0.6Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-5191,CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-7079,CVE-2016-7080 are affected in VMware Tools 10.0.8Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-333962VMware Tools (x64) (12.3.5)
PATCH-333962VMware Tools (x64) (12.3.5)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234