CVE-2016-5605 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.4, specifically impacting the VRDE component. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.1, allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of affected systems with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.