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CVE-2021-2409

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2409 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.24. This easily exploitable flaw allows a high-privileged attacker with logon access to the VirtualBox infrastructure to achieve complete takeover of the VirtualBox instance, potentially impacting additional products. With a CVSS score of 8.2, it poses significant risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.1.24CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 360 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-36
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-21-888
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry