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High severity · published Jan 18, 2023
CVE-2023-21886
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
8.1
CVSS
1.2%
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 6.1.42 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 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)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VV
VM Virtualbox · Oracle
before 6.1.42; 7.0.0 before 7.0.6 · source: NVD
Affected product
VV
VM Virtualbox
Oracle
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21886
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21886
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html
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