Medium severity · published Oct 18, 2022
CVE-2022-21621
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
6.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VV
VM VirtualBox · Oracle Corporation
before 6.1.40 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21621
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21621
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html
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