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CVE-2017-3538

Published: 24 April 2017

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
virtualbox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(5.1.18-dfsg-1build1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.1.18-dfsg-1build1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(5.1.18-dfsg-1build1)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.1.18-dfsg-1build1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (5.1.16-dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(5.1.18-dfsg-1build1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N