CVE-2017-10187 Privilege escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox

Medium 4.6 Published 8 Aug 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

A high-privileged attacker can modify data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle VM VirtualBox, impacting the host environment.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-10187?

CVE-2017-10187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 8 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. Easily exploitable 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.6 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10187?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10187?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-10187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Vm Virtualbox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h3wv-g9v3-4ccf.