fkie_cve-2008-3431
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-08-05 19:41
Modified
2025-10-22 01:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31361Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020625Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://virtualbox.org/wiki/ChangelogProduct
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31361Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://virtualbox.org/wiki/ChangelogProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oracle virtualbox *


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{
  "cisaActionDue": "2022-03-24",
  "cisaExploitAdd": "2022-03-03",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7DB4AD22-9324-4995-B386-5D09DD32E5B7",
              "versionEndExcluding": "1.6.4",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\\\.\\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La funci\u00f3n VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl del archivo VBoxDrv.sys de Sun xVM VirtualBox en versiones anteriores a la 1.6.4, utiliza el m\u00e9todo de comunicaci\u00f3n METHOD_NEITHER para IOCTLs, que no validad adecuadamente el b\u00fafer asociado con el objeto Irp, el cual permite a los usuario locales ganar privilegios abriendo el dispositivo \\\\.\\VBoxDrv y llamando a DeviceIoControl para enviar una direcci\u00f3n manipulada del kernel"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2008-3431",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-22T01:15:33.453",
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}


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