CVE-2020-14673 Information disclosure in VM VirtualBox

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A high-privileged local attacker can exploit a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox to access critical data.

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-2020-14673?

CVE-2020-14673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 15 Jul 2020. 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 product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. 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 unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14673?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Leap, Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14673?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-14673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hh33-ch53-7qrr, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14673.

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