PT-2018-15855 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Published 2018-04-19 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-2842

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 5.1.36 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.10

Description The issue allows a low-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.36, update to version 5.1.36 or later. For versions prior to 5.2.10, update to version 5.2.10 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2044

ALT-PU-2018-2045

ALT-PU-2018-2046

CVE-2018-2842

MGASA-2018-0257

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1057-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2524-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 58

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2842 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0257.html · Security Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2842 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-08 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14715 · Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3559 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2722 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22930 · Note