CVE-2018-2698 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.1.32 and 5.2.6. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete takeover and significant impact on additional products. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 8.8 (High), it poses severe confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-43878) exists for guest-to-host escape, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.32CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.2.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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