Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core).

Published 9 y ago 2017-04-24 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.5%

percentile 75%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago 2024-10-04

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-41907 Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.14 r112924 - Unprivileged Host User to Host Kernel Privilege Escalation via ALSA config · local · 2017-04-20

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.6	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox

References

oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1038288 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/97759 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/41907/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-3576
NVD: CVE-2017-3576

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Summary