CVE-2018-2690 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.32 and 5.2.6, specifically within its Core subcomponent. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete takeover. While requiring user interaction, successful attacks can significantly impact additional products, resulting in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (CVSS 8.6). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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