Privilege Escalation - CVE-2016-7079
Published: September 14, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU438
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7079
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user on the OS X guest to obtain elevated privileges.
A local user can obtain root privileges on the system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow the local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7079
Udate to 10.0.9.