CVE-2017-10236 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.24, specifically within its Core subcomponent. An attacker with high privileges and logon access to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs can exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation can lead to a complete denial of service (crash), unauthorized data modification, and limited unauthorized data disclosure within VirtualBox. Despite its CVSS 3.0 score of 7.3, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.24CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.