PT-2020-1353 · Oracle+1 · Virtualbox+1

Published 2020-01-14 · Updated 2021-02-25 · CVE-2020-2701

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 The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, which can be exploited by a highly privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox is executed. This can result in a takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox and may significantly impact additional products.

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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-787

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:2020-00279

CVE-2020-2701

MGASA-2020-0065

ZDI-20-137

ZDI-20-550

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

References · 17

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00279 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-550 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2701 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0065.html · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2701 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-2701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-137 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26079 · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html#AppendixOVIR · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-2701 · Note