Access Restriction Bypass Affecting vm_virtualbox package, versions [,5.2.44)[6.0.0,6.0.24)[6.1.0,6.1.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VMVIRTUALBOX-2383506
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14712  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vm_virtualbox to version 5.2.44, 6.0.24, 6.1.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.0 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

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