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CVE-2017-3576

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core).

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.54%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.5%. 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: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.54% probability · 75th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 April 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
oracle/vm virtualbox
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.54%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-41907source ↗Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.14 r112924 - Unprivileged Host User to Host Kernel Privilege Escalation via ALSA configlinux · Google Security Researchlocal20 April 2017yes

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