CVE-2023-21990 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.44 and 7.0.8. This easily exploitable flaw allows a high-privileged attacker with infrastructure logon to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to a complete takeover and significant impact on additional products. With a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.2, it poses high risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.1.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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