CVE-2018-3292 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.20, specifically within its Core subcomponent. This easily exploitable vulnerability 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, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and potentially affecting additional products. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.6, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.20CPE matchmatch criteria | 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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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.