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CVE-2008-3431: Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2008-3431
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
An input validation vulnerability exists in the VBoxDrv.sys driver of Sun xVM VirtualBox which allows attackers to locally execute arbitrary code.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Oracleproduct: VirtualBoxRemote code execution
What
An input validation vulnerability allows attackers to locally execute arbitrary code.
Who is affected
Users of Sun xVM VirtualBox with the affected driver are at risk.
Urgency
Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
Action
Update to the latest version of VirtualBox to resolve the issue.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2008-3431coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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