CVE-2020-14628: Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions Unnecessary Privileges Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First published: Wed Jul 15 2020(Updated: )
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: The CVE-2020-14628 is applicable to Windows VM only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle VM VirtualBox | <5.2.44 | |
| Oracle VM VirtualBox | >=6.0.0<6.0.24 | |
| Oracle VM VirtualBox | >=6.1.0<6.1.12 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.1 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.2 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-886/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
- collector/zdi-advisory
- alias/ZDI-20-886
- alias/ZDI-CAN-10762
- alias/CVE-2020-14628
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/oracle
- canonical/oracle virtualbox
- canonical/oracle vm virtualbox
- version/oracle vm virtualbox/6.0.0
- version/oracle vm virtualbox/6.1.0
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse leap
- version/opensuse leap/15.1
- version/opensuse leap/15.2