Privilege escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox - CVE-2018-2843

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11900

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2843

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Oracle VM VirtualBox Core component due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can gain root privileges.

Oracle VM VirtualBox
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse

Update to versions 5.1.36 or 5.2.10.

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle VM VirtualBox
• OpenSUSE Linux update for virtualbox
• Gentoo update for VirtualBox