CVE-2023-21886 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2023-21886

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

8.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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

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

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

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

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

Affected Vendor

Oracle Corporation

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Affected Software

VM VirtualBox

Vulnerable Versions:

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Timeline

Official Publish: January 17th, 2023

Last Modified: February 13th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.