First published: Wed Oct 20 2021(Updated: )
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.28. 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H).
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Oracle VM VirtualBox | <6.1.28 |
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The vulnerability ID for this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability is CVE-2021-35545.
The affected software is Oracle VM VirtualBox version prior to 6.1.28.
The severity of CVE-2021-35545 is medium with a severity value of 6.7.
This vulnerability can be exploited by a high privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes.
To fix the CVE-2021-35545 vulnerability, update Oracle VM VirtualBox to version 6.1.28 or later.