Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1 Core information disclosure

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-21273. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. 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. Easily exploitable 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 unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-21273 since 12/07/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. 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 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). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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