CVE-2016-0602 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published 21 Jan 2016 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Local attackers can gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the application directory due to an untrusted search path issue in VirtualBox.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-0602?

CVE-2016-0602 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 21 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.14 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Windows Installer. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is an untrusted search path issue that allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dll in the "application directory."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0602?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-0602 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9352-59w4-wf59.