CVE-2009-0876 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Sun xVM VirtualBox versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.4r42893 on Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through a hardlink attack that exploits the preservation of setuid/setgid bits. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.6r39760CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.0.6r39760:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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