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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-2693

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

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Guest Additions). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.32 and Prior to 5.2.6. 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 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 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 3.0
8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.43% probability · 37th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
oracle/vm virtualbox
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.43%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.4% 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.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.