PT-2020-2171 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Barakat Soror · Published 2020-04-15 · Updated 2021-02-22 · CVE-2020-2914

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.0.20 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.6

Description The issue is related to inadequate access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, allowing a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.0.20, update to version 6.0.20 or later. For versions prior to 6.1.6, update to version 6.1.6 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Core component until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1773

ALT-PU-2020-1774

ALT-PU-2020-1775

ALT-PU-2020-1776

ALT-PU-2020-1777

ALT-PU-2020-1843

ALT-PU-2020-1844

ALT-PU-2020-1845

ALT-PU-2020-1846

ALT-PU-2020-1847

BDU:2020-02075

CVE-2020-2914

MGASA-2020-0180

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0925-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0925-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 38

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-2914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02075 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2914 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2914 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0180.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0925-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-2914 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2902 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2742 · Note