Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization...

Vulnerability Description

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).

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95601
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037638
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html