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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-2913
CVE-2020-2913:
VirtualBox vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox product affecting versions prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-2913 and was disclosed in Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update (Oracle Advisory).
Technical details
This is classified as a difficult to exploit vulnerability that requires a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 7.0 HIGH with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in complete takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (Oracle Advisory, NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability in VirtualBox versions 6.0.20 and 6.1.6. Users are advised to upgrade to these or later versions. The fix was also included in subsequent releases such as version 6.0.22 (OpenSUSE Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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