CVE-2024-21107 Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox

Medium 6.7 Published 16 Apr 2024 Updated 15 Aug 2024

A high-privileged attacker with local access can compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox on Windows hosts, leading to full takeover of the application.

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-2024-21107?

CVE-2024-21107 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 16 Apr 2024. 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 7.0.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows hosts only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21107?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21107?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-21107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Oracle Vm Virtualbox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-33qx-4qqq-fc86, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21107.