PT-2021-16517 · Oracle · Virtualbox

Matthias Gerstner · Published 2021-05-05 · Updated 2021-10-09 · CVE-2021-25319

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: openSUSE Factory virtualbox versions 6.1.20-1.1 and prior versions

Description: A vulnerability in the packaging of virtualbox in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers in the vboxusers group to escalate to root.

Recommendations: For openSUSE Factory virtualbox versions 6.1.20-1.1 and prior versions, update to a version that fixes the incorrect default permissions issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vboxusers group to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25319

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1

Affected Products

Virtualbox

References · 35

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25319 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25319 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25319 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25319 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25319 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2282 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2281 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2310 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2280 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2145 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182918 · Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/26/2 · Note