Oracle VM VirtualBox information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5715. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox (Virtualization Software) (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

The bug was discovered 01/03/2018. The weakness was shared 01/18/2018 by Jann Horn (Mike) with Google Project Zero as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5715 since 02/01/2017. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106251 (RHEL 6 : libvirt (RHSA-2018:0108) (Spectre)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat 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 Exploit-DB (43427), Tenable (106251), SecurityFocus (BID 102376†) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0532). The entries VDB-111325, VDB-111326, VDB-111327 and VDB-112020 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

Oracle Linux
Debian Linux
Open Source Linux Kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle VM
NetApp FAS
Avaya Aura Communication Manager
Avaya Aura Session Manager
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services
Avaya Aura System Manager
Avaya Aura Experience Portal
NetApp AFF

Productinfo

Type

Virtualization Software

Vendor

Oracle

Name

VM VirtualBox

License

open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Vendor Base Score (Oracle): 5.6
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 106251
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : libvirt (RHSA-2018:0108) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 862230
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for qemu openSUSE-SU-2018:0059-1 (qemu)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Suricata ID: 2025196
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Timelineinfo

02/01/2017 🔍
01/03/2018 +336 days 🔍
01/03/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2018 +14 days 🔍
01/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
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01/23/2018 +5 days 🔍
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