CVE-2016-5328

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-5328 · Published 29/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5328 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting tools (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tools vmware	`= 10.0.0= 10.0.5= 10.0.6= 9.0.0= 9.0.1= 9.0.10= 9.0.11= 9.0.12= 9.0.13= 9.0.15= 9.0.16= 9.0.17= 9.0.5= 9.10.0= 9.10.1= 9.10.5= 9.4.0= 9.4.10= 9.4.11= 9.4.12= 9.4.15= 9.4.5≤ 10.0.8`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/93886 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1037102
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0017.html · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

tools

vmware

= 10.0.0= 10.0.5= 10.0.6= 9.0.0= 9.0.1= 9.0.10= 9.0.11= 9.0.12= 9.0.13= 9.0.15= 9.0.16= 9.0.17= 9.0.5= 9.10.0= 9.10.1= 9.10.5= 9.4.0= 9.4.10= 9.4.11= 9.4.12= 9.4.15= 9.4.5≤ 10.0.8

No fix yet

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