CVE-2016-7079

high

Description

The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-29

Updated: 2017-07-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High