Description
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0/2.1 - Local Privilege Escalation EDB-32848 · local · Mar 10, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 34080 vdb-entry
- xvmvirtualbox-unspecified-priv-escalation(49193) vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-0674 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20090316 CVE-2009-0876 (VirtualBox) references mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331
- [oss-security] 20090317 Re: CVE-2009-0876 (VirtualBox) references mailing-list
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444
- 1021841 vdb-entry
- 34232 third-party-advisory
- 52580 vdb-entry
- 254568 vendor-advisory