Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2021 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2021-2264
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in VM VirtualBox from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2264 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | VM VirtualBox | unspecified – before 6.1.20 |
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20210426 virtualbox: CVE-2021-2264: vboxautostart-service.sh allows injection of parameters in 'su' invocation mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [oss-security] 20210426 virtualbox: CVE-2021-25319: missing sticky bit in openSUSE packaging for /etc/box allows local root exploit for members of vboxusers group mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-202208-36 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO