CVE-2019-2501 Information disclosure in VM VirtualBox

Low 3.8 Published 16 Jan 2019 Updated 2 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can read sensitive data from Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially impacting other products.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2019-2501?

CVE-2019-2501 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 16 Jan 2019. 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). Supported versions that are affected are prior to 5.2.24 and prior to 6.0.2. 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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2501?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2501?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-2501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Vm Virtualbox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9579-6q54-qqq7, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2501.