CVE-2017-3316
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI).
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.96% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 27 January 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- oracle/vm virtualbox
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 7.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95579
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41196/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95579
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41196/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.