CVE-2008-3431
Actively exploited. CVE-2008-3431 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2008-3431 is indexed in Exploit-DB. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
An input validation vulnerability exists in the VBoxDrv.sys driver of Sun xVM VirtualBox which allows attackers to locally execute arbitrary code.
CSIRTS triage
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 93% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2008-3431 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2008-3431: Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
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