CVE-2020-2914 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox

High 7.0 Published Updated

A low-privileged attacker with local access can exploit a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox to achieve full takeover of the application.

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-2020-2914?

CVE-2020-2914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 15 Apr 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 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2914?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Leap, Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2914?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-2914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfqp-jmwx-gg9r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2914.

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