{"id":"CVE-2016-5545","aliases":["EUVD-2016-6489","GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx","MGASA-2017-0078"],"status":"published","title":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01488,"percentile":0.74242,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-254"],"published":"2017-01-27T22:01:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:49:36Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"kmod-vboxadditions","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.18-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":5},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"kmod-virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.18-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":5},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.18-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":5}],"products":[{"vendor":"oracle","product":"vm virtualbox"},{"vendor":"oracle","product":"vm_virtualbox"},{"vendor":"oracle corporation","product":"vm virtualbox"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95590","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5545"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx"},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20222","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5545","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).","status":"published","published":"2017-01-27T22:01:00Z","modified":"2024-10-09T20:04:30.19Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.117878Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-6489","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).","status":"published","published":"2017-01-27T22:01:00Z","modified":"2024-10-09T20:04:30Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:42.031825Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx","title":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T01:29:14Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:03:44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:42.325662Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5545","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).","status":"published","published":"2017-01-27T22:59:00.257Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:49:36.71Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-254"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:35.029632Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"MGASA-2017-0078","title":"Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities","description":"This update provides virtualbox 5.1.18 maintenance release and resolves\nat least the following security issues:\n\nA vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows unauthenticated\nattacker unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some data as well\nas unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data and\nunauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1020856)\n(CVE-2016-5545).\n\nA vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high\nprivileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access\nto critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently\nrepeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3290).\n\nA vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged\nattacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise virtualbox\n(bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3316).\n\nA vulnerability in the SVGA Emulation subcomponent of virtualbox allows low\nprivileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access\nto critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently\nrepeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3332).\n\nA vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high\nprivileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access\nto critical data and unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox\naccessible data (CVE-2017-3538).\n\nFor other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.\n","status":"published","published":"2017-03-23T07:19:23Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:52.564443667Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.103088Z"}]}}