UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2279

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2279

    Published: 22 Apr 2021Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
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    Summary:

    Details: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: virtualbox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.0.4-dfsg-2
    5.0.8-dfsg-1
    5.0.10-dfsg-1
    5.0.10-dfsg-2
    5.0.10-dfsg-3
    5.0.10-dfsg-4
    5.0.10-dfsg-5
    5.0.10-dfsg-6
    5.0.10-dfsg-7
    5.0.12-dfsg-1
    5.0.12-dfsg-2
    5.0.14-dfsg-1
    5.0.14-dfsg-2
    5.0.14-dfsg-2build1
    5.0.16-dfsg-2
    5.0.16-dfsg-3
    5.0.18-dfsg-1
    5.0.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1
    5.0.18-dfsg-2
    5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
    5.0.18-dfsg-2ubuntu1
    5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
    5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
    5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
    5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
    5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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