CVE-2021-2279
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.31%). 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 product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.31% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oracle/vm virtualbox
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-453/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-453/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.