VMware Tools kASLR Protection Bypass Vulnerability - Mac OS X

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:tools";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810267");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5328");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:"2017-01-10 12:53:05 +0530 (Tue, 10 Jan 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("VMware Tools kASLR Protection Bypass Vulnerability - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware Tools is prone to a security bypass 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 security
  bypass error when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow local
  privileged users to obtain kernel memory addresses to bypass the kASLR
  protection mechanism.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0
  on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VMware Tool version 10.1.0 or
  later.");

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

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0017.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93886");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_vmware_tools_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VMwareTools/MacOSX/Version");
  exit(0);
}

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

if(!vmtoolVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

if(vmtoolVer =~ "^(9|10)")
{
  if(version_is_less(version:vmtoolVer, test_version:"10.1.0"))
  {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmtoolVer, fixed_version:"10.1.0");
    security_message(data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}