Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.37/5.1.19 Shared Folder access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.37/5.1.19. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Shared Folder. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-3587. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.37/5.1.19 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Shared Folder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2017. The weakness was shared 04/19/2017 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-3587 since 12/06/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed in C and been published 6 days after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99509 (Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.x < 5.0.38 / 5.1.x < 5.1.20 (April 2017 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370377 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities.).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41932), Tenable (99509) and SecurityFocus (BID 97750†). The entries VDB-95628, VDB-95669, VDB-95670 and VDB-95704 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 99509
Nessus Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.x < 5.0.38 / 5.1.x < 5.1.20 (April 2017 CPU)
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OpenVAS ID: 801578
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Virtualbox Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities - 01 Apr17 (Windows)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100184
SecurityFocus: 97750 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3587 - Oracle - VM VirtualBox - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038288

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2017 19:11
Updated: 04/06/2025 16:26
Changes: 04/19/2017 19:11 (92), 09/22/2020 17:07 (8), 12/20/2020 13:59 (4), 04/06/2025 16:26 (15)
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