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CVE-2021-2131

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2131 is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.18, specifically affecting the Core component. A high-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs can exploit this to gain unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data within VirtualBox. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 6.0 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high integrity impact, despite requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.1.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-15
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Vendor Advisory