VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-21886

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

HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.21%). 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). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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: 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-94
Affected: oracle/vm virtualbox
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.