CVE-2023-21999: Low severity oracle virtualbox vulnerability

Published Apr 18, 2023
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Updated

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Affected Software

2 affected components
Oracle VM VirtualBox<6.1.44
Oracle VM VirtualBox>=7.0.0<7.0.8

Event History

Apr 18, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:54 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:54 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability is CVE-2023-21999.

2

What is the affected software of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability?

The affected software of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability is Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.44 and prior to 7.0.8.

3

What is the severity of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability?

The severity of this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability is low with a severity value of 3.6.

4

How can an attacker exploit this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability?

This Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability is difficult to exploit and requires a low privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure.

5

How can I fix this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability?

To fix this Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability, update to version 6.1.44 or 7.0.8 or later.

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