Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2305. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.0 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, and 4.0 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 07/20/2011 with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2305. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/13/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59617 (GLSA-201204-01 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68678), Tenable (59617), SecurityFocus (BID 48781†), Secunia (SA48755†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025805†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5254, VDB-5255, VDB-53257 and VDB-56133. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 59617
Nessus Name: GLSA-201204-01 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71311
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201204-01 (virtualbox)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2305 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2305
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58051

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X-Force: 68678
SecurityFocus: 48781 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2011-2305 Local Vulnerability
Secunia: 48755
SecurityTracker: 1025805
Vulnerability Center: 32337 - [cpujuly2011-313328] OracleVM VirtualBox 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 4.0 Unspecified Local Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/13/2025 22:56
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 03/27/2017 18:08 (9), 11/15/2021 09:09 (4), 11/15/2021 09:10 (1), 04/13/2025 22:56 (16)
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