PT-2017-1986 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Published 2017-04-24 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-3576

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.0.38 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.20

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component, allowing a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox and may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.38, update to version 5.0.38 or later. For versions prior to 5.1.20, update to version 5.1.20 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Oracle VM VirtualBox component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1916

ALT-PU-2017-1917

ALT-PU-2017-1918

BDU:2017-01151

CVE-2017-3576

MGASA-2017-0135

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1141-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1142-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 14

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41907 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3576 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3576 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0135.html · Security Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3576 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01151 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3576 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3576 · Security Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97759 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038288 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20729 · Note