CVE-2019-2656 is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.28 and 6.0.6. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete takeover. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation can severely impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and may affect additional products beyond VirtualBox. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.0.6CPE 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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