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. Difficult to exploit 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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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 | |
Oracle VirtualBox |
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CVE-2020-14677 is a vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization that allows a high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure to escalate their privileges.
CVE-2020-14677 affects versions prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24, and prior to 6.1.12 of Oracle VirtualBox.
CVE-2020-14677 has a severity value of 7.5, which is considered high.
Exploiting CVE-2020-14677 is difficult and requires a high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VirtualBox is installed.
Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2020-14677 at the following references: [1](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html), [2](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html), [3](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09).