PT-2015-7407 · Oracle · Vbox Communications Satellite Express Protocol

Matt Bergin · Published 2015-09-21 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-6923

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VBox Communications Satellite Express Protocol version 2.3.17.3

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by writing to arbitrary physical memory locations. This is achieved via a specific ioctl call, 0x00000ffd.

Recommendations For version 2.3.17.3, consider restricting access to the ndvbs module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6923

Affected Products

Vbox Communications Satellite Express Protocol

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38225 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/72 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2015-005.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6923 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/536491/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133620/VBox-Satellite-Express-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html · Note