Oracle VM VirtualBox Core information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Core. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-22002. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox (Virtualization Software) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Core. 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.

The weakness was released 04/18/2023 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2023. The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22002. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253251 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-22002), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253251). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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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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Nessus ID: 253251
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-22002

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22002 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22002
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226736

Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2023 23:18
Updated: 08/24/2025 08:14
Changes: 04/18/2023 23:18 (38), 05/13/2023 11:09 (2), 05/13/2023 11:16 (11), 05/13/2023 11:24 (1), 08/24/2025 08:14 (17)
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