Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.0.19/6.1.5 Core Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.0.19/6.1.5. Affected is an unknown function of the component Core. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-2914. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.0.19/6.1.5 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The weakness was published 04/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-2914. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-153686, VDB-153290, VDB-153291 and VDB-153293. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• VM VirtualBox

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.0.19
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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