Vulnerability detail
Enriched intelligence for a single CVE
High
CVE-2008-3431
PUBLISHEDThe VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and...
- Vendor
- Sun
- Product
- xVM VirtualBox
- Published
- Aug 05, 2008
- EPSS
- —
Description
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.
CVSS scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation status
Exploited in the wild
Recorded 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC · Source
SSVC decision points
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- total
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA | Mar 03, 2022 |
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