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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2021-2279 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-2021-16738

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
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. 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).

Patch / fix

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 6.1.20
  • 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

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1

  • virtualbox Arch Linux 6.1.20-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1846

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox

References

Sources

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