CVE-2018-3294 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.2.20. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with network access via VRDP to compromise the VirtualBox environment. Successful attacks require user interaction and can lead to a complete takeover of the affected system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS 3.0 score of 9.0, this vulnerability is considered critical. There is currently no evidence of 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:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.