CVE-2022-39427 is a critical vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.40, specifically impacting Windows systems. A low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure can easily exploit this flaw, leading to a complete takeover of the VirtualBox instance. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its low attack complexity and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with potential scope changes affecting additional products. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.1.40CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.