CVE-2016-5545 Other in VM VirtualBox

Medium 6.3 Published 27 Jan 2017 Updated 9 Oct 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox via HTTP, leading to unauthorized data access, modification, and partial denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2016-5545?

CVE-2016-5545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 27 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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).

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5545?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5545?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx.