CVE-2016-5328

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 86% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: December 29, 2016 (3424 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel memory addresses and bypass the kASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

vmware tools

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com