Privilege escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox - CVE-2018-2844

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11901

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2844

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Oracle

Affected software:
Oracle VM VirtualBox

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.

Update to versions 5.1.36 or 5.2.10.

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