UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998

    Published: 18 Apr 2023Last Modified: 24 Mar 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    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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