Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.31/prior to 6.0.9 Core access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.31/prior to 6.0.9. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Core. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-2859. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.31/prior to 6.0.9 (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Core. 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 summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.32 and prior to 6.0.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2019 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - Juli 2019 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-2859 since 12/14/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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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
• 5.2.20
• 5.2.21
• 5.2.22
• 5.2.23
• 5.2.24
• 5.2.25
• 5.2.26
• 5.2.27
• 5.2.28
• 5.2.29
• 5.2.30
• 5.2.31
• prior to 6.0.0
• prior to 6.0.1
• prior to 6.0.2
• prior to 6.0.3
• prior to 6.0.4
• prior to 6.0.5
• prior to 6.0.6
• prior to 6.0.7
• prior to 6.0.8
• prior to 6.0.9

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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