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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2018-2693 json

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Guest Additions).

published 2018-01-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-14548

cvss
8.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Guest Additions). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.32 and Prior to 5.2.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Patch / fix

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.1.32, 5.2.6
  • virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-2693

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.1 AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox

References

Sources

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