Sun xVM VirtualBox up to 1.5.1 VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl access control
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun xVM VirtualBox up to 1.5.1 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this issue is the function VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
The bug was discovered 08/04/2008. The weakness was shared 08/05/2008 by Core Security with Core (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3431 since 07/31/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
A public exploit has been developed by Core Security in ANSI C and been published 5 days after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33819 (Sun xVM VirtualBox < 1.6.4 Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. This issue was added on 03/03/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/24/2022:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Upgrading to version 1.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44202), Tenable (33819) and Exploit-DB (6218).
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Author: Core Security
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Nessus ID: 33819
Nessus Name: Sun xVM VirtualBox < 1.6.4 Local Privilege Escalation
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Upgrade: xVM VirtualBox 1.5.2
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Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Core Security
Organization: Core
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3431 (🔍)
X-Force: 44202
SecurityTracker: 1020625
Vulnerability Center: 19110 - Sun xVM VirtualBox VBoxDrv.sys Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30481 - Sun xVM VirtualBox 'VBoxDrv.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 31361
OSVDB: 47424 - Sun - xVM VirtualBox - 'VBoxDrv.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2293
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 04/23/2024 06:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (79), 08/15/2019 11:26 (11), 04/23/2024 06:56 (29)
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