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CVE-2018-3089

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3089 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Oracle VM VirtualBox, specifically affecting versions prior to 5.2.16. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete system takeover. While successful attacks require user interaction, the impact can extend to other products. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104764
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041296
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry