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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.17 (Virtualization Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.18 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core.

The weakness was published 04/19/2016 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-0678 since 12/09/2015. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91411 (openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-666)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91411). Similar entries are available at 12776, 78153, 82623 and 82615.

Productinfo

Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• VM VirtualBox

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.9
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.11
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.13
• 5.0.14
• 5.0.15
• 5.0.16
• 5.0.17

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.7
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 91411
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-666)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 803103
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Virtualbox Unspecified Vulnerability-01 Apr16 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

12/09/2015 🔍
04/19/2016 +132 days 🔍
04/19/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/21/2016 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2016 +40 days 🔍
07/26/2022 +2246 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2016
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-0678 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1035607

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2016 09:01
Updated: 07/26/2022 09:14
Changes: 04/21/2016 09:01 (50), 10/21/2018 09:59 (24), 07/26/2022 09:14 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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