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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2021-2264 json

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

published 2021-04-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-16723

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Easily exploitable 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Patch / fix

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 6.1.20
  • virtualbox openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.26-3.2
  • virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.22-lp153.2.3.2
  • virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.22-lp153.2.3.2
  • virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.22-lp152.2.24.2
  • virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.22-lp152.2.24.2
  • virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.20-lp152.2.21.1
  • virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.20-lp152.2.21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0630-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/26/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/26/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox

References

Sources

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