CVE-2023-21998 Missing authorization in VM VirtualBox
A high-privileged attacker with local access can bypass authorization controls to read and modify VirtualBox data, impacting Windows VMs.
- 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-2023-21998?
CVE-2023-21998 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows VMs only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21998?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21998?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-21998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21998 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Vm Virtualbox
- CVE-2016-5605 Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.1.4 in Oracle Virtualization allows remote attackers to affect conf
- CVE-2018-3294 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox
- CVE-2024-21112 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox
- CVE-2024-21113 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox
- CVE-2024-21114 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6ppc-xr55-mcvf, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.