High severity · published Apr 22, 2021
CVE-2021-2279
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
8.1
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VV
VM Virtualbox · Oracle
before 6.1.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2279
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2279
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-453/
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