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ghsa-pxp3-358m-6vfm

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-02 00:00

Modified

2024-07-16 18:31

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
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  "modified": "2024-07-16T18:31:30Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T00:00:06Z",
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CVE-2008-3431 (GCVE-0-2008-3431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2008-08-05 19:20

Modified

2025-07-30 01:47

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

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

▼	URL	Tags
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT
	http://secunia.com/advisories/31361	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability	x_refsource_MISC
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202	vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293	vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
	http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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