{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21998 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-21998 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21998 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Oracle Vm Virtualbox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21998/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-21998","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21998/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-21998","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6ppc-xr55-mcvf","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Virtualization software","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A high-privileged attacker with local access can bypass authorization controls to read and modify VirtualBox data, impacting Windows VMs.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"oracle","cpe":[{"product":"vm_virtualbox","vendor":"oracle"}],"cvss":{"score":4.6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"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).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Missing authorization in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2023-21998","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"oracle:vm_virtualbox","products":["oracle:vm_virtualbox"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2023-21999"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in User Management","id":"CVE-2023-21997"},"products":["VM VirtualBox"],"published":"2023-04-18","related":[{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.1.4 in Oracle Virtualization allows remote attackers to affect conf","id":"CVE-2016-5605","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-10-25"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2018-3294","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-10-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2024-21112","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2024-21113","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2024-21114","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2024-21115","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox","id":"CVE-2022-39427","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-13","vendors":["Oracle Corporation"]},"summary":"A high-privileged attacker with local access can bypass authorization controls to read and modify VirtualBox data, impacting Windows VMs.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21998/"}