PT-2020-1350 · Oracle+1 · Virtualbox+1

Reno Robert · Published 2020-01-14 · Updated 2021-02-25 · CVE-2020-2698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.36 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.0.16 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.2

Description A difficult to exploit vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox allows a highly privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Although the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the Core component.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.36, update to version 5.2.36 or later. For versions prior to 6.0.16, update to version 6.0.16 or later. For versions prior to 6.1.2, update to version 6.1.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1123

ALT-PU-2020-1124

ALT-PU-2020-1125

ALT-PU-2020-1126

ALT-PU-2020-1127

ALT-PU-2020-1436

ALT-PU-2020-1437

ALT-PU-2020-1438

ALT-PU-2020-1439

ALT-PU-2020-1440

BDU:2020-00276

CVE-2020-2698

MGASA-2020-0065

ZDI-20-136

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

References · 17

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2698 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0065.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00276 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2698 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-136 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26079 · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html#AppendixOVIR · Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.0#v16 · Note