PT-2018-1416 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Published 2018-07-17 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2018-3055

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.16

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, allowing an unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction and may significantly impact additional products. This can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or crash of Oracle VM VirtualBox and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.16, update to version 5.2.16 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the crUnpackExtendAreTexturesResident and crUnpackExtendAreProgramsResidentNV functions in the affected Oracle VM VirtualBox component until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2018-2044

ALT-PU-2018-2045

ALT-PU-2018-2046

BDU:2018-00965

CVE-2018-3055

MGASA-2018-0360

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2295-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2524-1

ZDI-18-1233

ZDI-18-1234

ZDI-18-684

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 21

• 🔥 https://github.com/niklasb/3dpwn/tree/master/CVE-2018-3055%2B3085 · Exploit
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-684 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3055 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3055 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0360.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3055 · Security Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1234 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3055 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1233 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00965 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3055 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23421 · Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog#18 · Note