Oracle VM VirtualBox access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-2689. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2018. The weakness was presented 01/18/2018 with Zero Day Initiative as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-2689 since 12/15/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106289 (openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-75) (Spectre)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171540 (OpenSUSE Security Update for kbuild, virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2018:2524-1)).

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 (106289) and SecurityFocus (BID 102693†). See VDB-68431, VDB-89667, VDB-92931 and VDB-95678 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 106289
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-75) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 53147
OpenVAS Name: Oracle VirtualBox Security Updates (jan2018-3236628) - Linux
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/16/2018 +32 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018
Researcher: Vasily Vasiliev
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-2689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112178
SecurityFocus: 102693 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2018-2689 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040202

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2018 09:43
Updated: 02/01/2021 08:23
Changes: 01/18/2018 09:43 (82), 12/23/2019 21:44 (6), 02/01/2021 08:18 (3), 02/01/2021 08:23 (1)
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