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CVE-2023-21885

Published: 18 January 2023

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. Note: Applies to Windows only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Notes

AuthorNote
rodrigo-zaiden
affects Windows only

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
virtualbox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
focal Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
mantic Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (6.1.42, 7.0.6)
xenial Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N