CVE-2020-2698
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CVE-2020-2698 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. 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 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Vm Virtualbox | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.36 |
| Oracle | Vm Virtualbox | >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.16 |
| Oracle | Vm Virtualbox | >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2 |
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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