PT-2021-2861 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong + 3 · Published 2021-04-20 · Updated 2022-09-23 · CVE-2021-2250

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/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 6.1.20

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, allowing a high-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox and may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.1.20, update to version 6.1.20 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1692

ALT-PU-2021-1693

ALT-PU-2021-1694

ALT-PU-2021-1695

ALT-PU-2021-1696

ALT-PU-2021-1740

ALT-PU-2021-1741

ALT-PU-2021-1742

ALT-PU-2021-2630

ALT-PU-2021-2631

ALT-PU-2021-2632

ALT-PU-2021-2633

ALT-PU-2021-2634

BDU:2021-02410

CVE-2021-2250

MGASA-2021-0197

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0723-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0977-1

ZDI-21-484

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 49

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0197.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-02410 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/664057 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-2250 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-2250 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-484 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2250 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2250 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2250 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/ATNJPOC23AR5PQLUDKUL5FXOOPOM3VDD · Note