CVE-2020-2907
HIGHOracle VM VirtualBox <5.2.40-6.1.6 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-509/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-510/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-843
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
opensuse/leap
15.1
oracle/vm_virtualbox
< 5.2.40
Published
Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026