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CVE-2020-2911: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult...
CVE-2020-2911 · published 6 years ago
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle...
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Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | vm_virtualbox |
< 5.2.40 >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.20 >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | leap |
15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult...
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-551/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker full control
Timeline
Published15 Apr 2020
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2020-2911 · NVD
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