CVE-2008-5256 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sun Innotek VirtualBox versions prior to 2.0.6. An attacker can exploit a symlink race condition in the AcquireDaemonLock function to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.