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CVE-2017-10239

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10239 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.1.24. A highly privileged attacker with infrastructure logon can exploit this to cause a complete denial of service, and gain limited unauthorized read, write, and delete access to VirtualBox data. The CVSS 3.0 score is 7.3, indicating local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability, with some impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 360 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99681
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038929
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry