PT-2018-1003 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Niklas Baumstark · Published 2018-01-16 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-2698

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 5.1.32 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.6

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, 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 5.1.32, update to version 5.1.32 or later. For versions prior to 5.2.6, update to version 5.2.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2044

ALT-PU-2018-2045

ALT-PU-2018-2046

BDU:2018-00146

CVE-2018-2698

MGASA-2018-0101

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0187-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2524-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 16

• 🔥 https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3649 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/43878 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00146 · Security Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2698 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2698 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0101.html · Security Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040202 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102688 · Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html#AppendixOVIR · Note