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CVE-2016-5605

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93685
securitytracker.com / id/1037053