CVE-2021-2123

low-risk

Published 2021-01-20

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.18. 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Do I need to act?

0.05% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 3.2/10 Low

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Vm Virtualbox

Affected Vendors

Oracle

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-15

Vendor Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-15

Vendor Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

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low-risk

Severity 12/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal