Path traversal in Oracle VM VirtualBox - CVE-2022-21394

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Path traversal in Oracle VM VirtualBox - CVE-2022-21394

Published: January 19, 2022 / Updated: January 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59809
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21394
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle VM VirtualBox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the implementation of the TFTP server. A local user can view files on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-21394

Install update from vendor's website.

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