CVE-2008-3431
high · 8.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2022-03-03Remediation due 2022-03-24
The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
8.8
CVSS
6.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
94th
EPSS percentile
2008-08-05
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | virtualbox | < 1.6.4 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2008-3431