CVE-2008-3431
Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.93% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Affected
- oracle/virtualbox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1Broken Link
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/ChangelogProduct
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1Broken Link
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/ChangelogProduct
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.