CVE-2017-3316 is a high-severity vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.0.32 and 5.1.14. This easily exploitable flaw allows a high-privileged attacker with network access to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete system takeover with significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While successful attacks require human interaction, an exploit for local privilege escalation exists in ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:5.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:5.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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