PT-2018-1003

CVE-2018-2698

Published

2018-01-16

Updated

2019-10-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1

8.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.32 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.6

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, allowing a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox and may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.32, update to version 5.1.32 or later. For versions prior to 5.2.6, update to version 5.2.6 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Niklas Baumstark

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

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