Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.1.29 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.1.29. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-10408. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.1.29 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2017. The weakness was presented 10/19/2017 by Reno Robert as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-10408 since 06/21/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103930 (Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.x < 5.1.30 (October 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 170553 (OpenSUSE Security Update for virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2017:2975-1)).

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 Tenable (103930) and SecurityFocus (BID 101371†). See VDB-21337, VDB-63776, VDB-90671 and VDB-96545 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 103930
Nessus Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.x < 5.1.30 (October 2017 CPU)
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OpenVAS ID: 801578
OpenVAS Name: Oracle VirtualBox Security Updates (oct2017-3236626) 01 - Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2017
Researcher: Reno Robert
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-10408 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-10408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108253
SecurityFocus: 101371 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-10408 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039599

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2017 00:02
Updated: 01/19/2021 09:28
Changes: 10/20/2017 00:02 (83), 11/26/2019 08:55 (6), 01/19/2021 09:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:B1E:103

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