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CVE-2018-2836 Detail

Current Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. 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).

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.2 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3.0 legend)
Impact Score: 6.0
Exploitability Score: 1.5

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103858 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040707 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-08 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
5.1.0		Up to (excluding)
5.1.36
 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
5.2.0		Up to (excluding)
5.2.10


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-2836
NVD Published Date:
04/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
03/08/2019