CVE-2019-2867 in VM VirtualBox
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.32 and prior to 6.0.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/25/2025
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2019-2867 resides within Oracle VM VirtualBox's Core subcomponent, representing a critical security flaw that undermines the integrity and availability of virtualization environments. This vulnerability affects Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.32 and 6.0.10, creating a significant risk for organizations relying on virtualized infrastructure. The flaw's classification as easily exploitable indicates that attackers with high-privilege access to the underlying infrastructure can leverage this weakness to compromise the entire VirtualBox environment, making it particularly dangerous in enterprise settings where virtual machines are extensively utilized for various business operations.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation within the VirtualBox Core component, which allows malicious actors to manipulate system resources through crafted inputs. This weakness creates a pathway for privilege escalation attacks that can ultimately lead to complete system compromise. The CVSS 3.0 score of 8.2 reflects the severity of impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability domains, with the attack vector requiring local access (AV:L) but minimal complexity (AC:L) and high privileges (PR:H). The vulnerability's potential to affect additional products demonstrates how virtualization platforms serve as critical attack surfaces that can cascade security issues throughout entire IT infrastructures, aligning with ATT&CK technique T1059.001 for command and scripting interpreter and CWE-20 for improper input validation.
The operational impact of CVE-2019-2867 extends beyond immediate VirtualBox compromise, potentially enabling attackers to establish persistent access points within virtualized environments and escalate privileges across multiple virtual machines. Organizations utilizing VirtualBox for development, testing, or production workloads face significant risks including data exfiltration, system corruption, and unauthorized access to sensitive virtual environments. The vulnerability's characteristics make it particularly dangerous in multi-tenant virtualization scenarios where isolation between different virtual machines could be compromised, creating opportunities for lateral movement and privilege escalation attacks that align with ATT&CK tactics such as T1078 for valid accounts and T1484 for cloud infrastructure.
Mitigation strategies for this vulnerability require immediate patching of affected VirtualBox installations to versions 5.2.32 or 6.0.10, along with comprehensive network segmentation to limit local access to virtualization hosts. Security teams should implement monitoring for suspicious local activity on virtualization infrastructure and establish strict access controls for systems running VirtualBox. Additional defensive measures include regular vulnerability assessments of virtualization environments, implementation of network-based intrusion detection systems, and maintaining detailed audit logs of virtual machine operations. The vulnerability's impact on both confidentiality and integrity domains necessitates proper data classification and access control policies, while the availability impact requires robust backup and recovery procedures. Organizations should also consider implementing virtualization-specific security controls and following industry standards such as NIST SP 800-144 for virtualization security guidelines to prevent similar vulnerabilities from compromising their virtualized infrastructure.