Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1 Core Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Core. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-21259. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing 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 7.0.22 and prior to 7.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-21259 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209155 (Oracle VM VirtualBox (October 2024 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.22 or 7.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209155). 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

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.0.20
• 7.0.21
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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