Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 3.2.20/4.0.22/4.1.30/4.2.20/4.3.4 Local Privilege Escalation

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.3$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 3.2.20/4.0.22/4.1.30/4.2.20/4.3.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0405. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 3.2.20/4.0.22/4.1.30/4.2.20/4.3.4 (Virtualization Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox prior to 3.2.20, 4.0.22, 4.1.30, 4.2.20, and 4.3.4 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Core.

The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0405 since 12/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72052 (GLSA-201401-13 : VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72052), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), OSVDB (102059†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42981†). The entries VDB-6095, VDB-6782, VDB-7810 and VDB-8664 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 72052
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-13 : VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 801578
OpenVAS Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities-01 Jan2014 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

12/12/2013 🔍
01/09/2014 +27 days 🔍
01/14/2014 +5 days 🔍
01/14/2014 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2014 +0 days 🔍
01/15/2014 +1 days 🔍
01/15/2014 +0 days 🔍
01/16/2014 +1 days 🔍
06/07/2021 +2699 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-0405 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0405
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11927

IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 90370
SecurityFocus: 64758 - Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 102059
SecurityTracker: 1029610
Vulnerability Center: 42981 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle VM VirtualBox Local Unspecified Vulnerability Affecting Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CVE-2014-0405), Low

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/07/2021 11:06
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (45), 04/07/2017 17:11 (22), 06/07/2021 10:49 (2), 06/07/2021 10:55 (7), 06/07/2021 11:00 (2), 06/07/2021 11:06 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:F2A:103

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!