CVE-2018-2688

published 2018-01-18

CVE-2018-2688: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.32 and…

Priority P3 38 high 8.6 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S C C H I H A H

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.32 and Prior to 5.2.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	virtualbox	< virtualbox 5.2.6-dfsg-1 (sid)	virtualbox 5.2.6-dfsg-1 (sid)
oracle	vm_virtualbox	>= 5.1.0 < 5.1.32	5.1.32
oracle	vm_virtualbox	>= 5.2.0 < 5.2.6	5.2.6
oracle_corporation	vm_virtualbox	>= unspecified < 5.1.32	5.1.32
oracle_corporation	vm_virtualbox	>= unspecified < 5.2.6	5.2.6
sun	virtualbox	>= 0 < 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1	6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.6 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 8.6 HIGH

vendor_debian 8.6 HIGH

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