CVE-2018-2687 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.1.32 and 5.2.6. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, requiring human interaction from a non-attacker. Successful exploitation can lead to a complete takeover of the VirtualBox instance, with significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 8.6. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.32CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.2.6CPE 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:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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