Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.27/5.1.7 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.27/5.1.7. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-5611. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.27/5.1.7 (Virtualization Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.0.28 and 5.1.x before 5.1.8 in Oracle Virtualization allows local users to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Core.

The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5611 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 94302 (openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-1226)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370164 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94302) and SecurityFocus (BID 93744†). The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 94302
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-1226)
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OpenVAS ID: 72199
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Virtualbox Multiple Security Bypass And DoS Vulnerabilities (Linux)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5611 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5611
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92812
SecurityFocus: 93744 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2016-5611 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037053

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/26/2022 19:56
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (68), 05/14/2019 09:06 (12), 09/26/2022 19:56 (3)
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