CVE-2014-0981 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Oracle VirtualBox versions before 3.2.22, 4.0.24, 4.1.32, 4.2.24, and 4.3.8, specifically when 3D Acceleration is enabled. A malicious guest OS user can execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server by sending crafted messages to the VBoxSharedCrOpenGL service, leading to an arbitrary pointer dereference and memory corruption. The CVSS score of 4.4 indicates a medium severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity, with partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit (EDB-32208) is available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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