CVE-2020-2678 json
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).
published 2020-01-15 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-22471
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N).
Patch / fix
- Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.36, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox
References
-
oracle.com
/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
patch, vendor-advisory
-
security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202004-02
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
-
security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202101-09
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-2678
- NVD CVE-2020-2678
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