Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.19 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.19. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-3293. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.19 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 weakness was presented 10/16/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-3293. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118562 (openSUSE Security Update : VirtualBox (openSUSE-2018-1330)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371266 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUOCT2018)).

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 (118562) and SecurityFocus (BID 105619†). See VDB-125476, VDB-125468, VDB-125469 and VDB-125470 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• VM VirtualBox

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12
• 5.2.13
• 5.2.14
• 5.2.15
• 5.2.16
• 5.2.17
• 5.2.18
• 5.2.19

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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