Improper Access Control Affecting vm_virtualbox package, versions [5.0.0,5.0.28)[5.1.0,5.1.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VMVIRTUALBOX-2383590
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5610  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vm_virtualbox to version 5.0.28, 5.1.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.0.28 and 5.1.x before 5.1.8 in Oracle Virtualization allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core.

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