CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-3290

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component related to shared folders allows a high privileged attacker with access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox runs to compromise the software. The attacker can gain unauthorized access to critical data and cause a hang or crash of Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of data, significantly impacting the organization's security. Additionally, it may result in a complete denial of service for Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Oracle VM VirtualBox to version 5.0.32 or 5.1.14 or later to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability. Monitoring access to the infrastructure is also advised to minimize potential attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 7.9 (Integrity and Availability impacts).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS