CVE-2018-2843 is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox 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 achieve a complete takeover of the VirtualBox instance, potentially impacting additional products. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 8.8 (High), it poses significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks. Currently, there is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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