Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2022 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2022-39425

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity missing authentication 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 2.1% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 17.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via VRDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39425

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	VM VirtualBox	unspecified – before 6.1.40

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html
GLSA-202212-03 vendor-advisory