Oracle VirtualBox VRDE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809079");
  script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5605");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-29 01:34:00 +0000 (Sat, 29 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-21 14:40:28 +0530 (Fri, 21 Oct 2016)");
  script_name("Oracle VirtualBox VRDE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Oracle VirtualBox is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an unspecified error in
  VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE) sub component.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to access and modify data.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Oracle VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.4 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.1.4 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93685");

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("secpod_sun_virtualbox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Sun/VirtualBox/Lin/Ver");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(vers =~ "^5\.1\.") {
  if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"5.1.4")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"5.1.4", install_path:path);
    security_message(port:0, data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);