CVE-2017-3558 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.0.38 and 5.1.20, specifically within its Core subcomponent. An unauthenticated attacker with logon access to the infrastructure can exploit this flaw, leading to a complete denial of service, unauthorized data modification, and limited data disclosure. With a CVSS 3.0 score of 8.5, the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, an exploit (EDB-41904) exists for guest-to-host privilege escalation, and it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.0.38CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.20CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
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