CVE-2021-2443
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 (0.36%). 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 6.1.24. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Solaris x86 and Linux systems only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th 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/cpujul2021.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.