CVE-2018-2835 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.1.36 and 5.2.10. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete takeover. A successful attack requires user interaction, and while targeting VirtualBox, it can significantly impact other products. With a CVSS v3.0 base score of 8.2 (HIGH), it poses high risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.36CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.2.10CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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