High severity · published Aug 5, 2008
CVE-2008-3431
Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
6.9%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.9% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 3, 2022
Federal remediation dueMar 24, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
Virtualbox · Oracle
before 1.6.4 · source: NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3431
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
Product
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
Exploit
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability