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Status published
High
CVE-2016-7079
The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.0.0, 10.0.5, 10.0.6, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.5, 9.0.10, 9.0.11, 9.0.12, 9.0.13, 9.0.15, 9.0.16, 9.0.17, 9.4.0, 9.4.5, 9.4.10, 9.4.11, 9.4.12, 9.4.15, 9.10.0, 9.10.1, 9.10.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 29th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.