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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-3587 EUVD-2017-12706GHSA-gw9x-fqh4-wgc7

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are aff…

Published Apr 24, 2017 · Updated Oct 7, 2024 · Assigned by oracle

Vendor: Oracle Product: Oracle VM VirtualBox Category: Virtualization

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Oracle Oracle VM VirtualBox unspecified – < 5.0.38, unspecified – < 5.1.20 5.0.38

Public exploits

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