CVE-2014-2477

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 3.2.24, 4.0.26, 4.1.34, 4.2.26, and 4.3.12 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via unknown vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2486.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	virtualbox	4.3.34-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1	—

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.

Metasploit 1 module

VirtualBox Guest Additions VBoxGuest.sys Privilege Escalation
exploit/windows/local/virtual_box_guest_additions

Exploit-DB 1

Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.3.10r93012 - 'VBoxGuest.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) EDB-34333 · local · Aug 13, 2014 · verified

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Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 3.2.24, 4.0.26, 4.1.34, 4.2.26, …