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CVE-2017-3563

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3563 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.0.38 and 5.1.20. It allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the VirtualBox infrastructure to achieve a complete takeover of the VirtualBox component. Rated with a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack vector is local, meaning an attacker needs local access to the system. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-41908) for privilege escalation on Windows has been published on ExploitDB. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41908 · Apr 20, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

exploit-db.com / exploits/41908
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97732
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038288
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry