CVE-2023-21990 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox

High 8.2 Published 18 Apr 2023 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A high-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to compromise the Oracle VM VirtualBox hypervisor and impact additional products.

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-2023-21990?

CVE-2023-21990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 18 Apr 2023. 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 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21990?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21990?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2023-21990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Vm Virtualbox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gq4c-x6cg-qppv, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21990.