CVE-2022-39422 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.38, specifically within its Core component. This vulnerability allows a high-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure hosting VirtualBox to achieve a complete takeover of the software, with potential significant impact on additional products due to scope change. The attack is difficult to exploit, requiring high privileges and local access (AV:L/AC:H/PR:H), but successful exploitation results in full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.1.38CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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