CVE-2016-7079 is a privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on macOS. It stems from a NULL pointer dereference within the graphic acceleration functions, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or crash the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable by a low-privileged local user without user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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