Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2714 - Local Denial Of Service vulnerability in SUN Virtualbox 3.0.0/3.0.2

047910
CVSS 4.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
sun
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS reboot) via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Sun
2

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idVIRTUALBOX_3_0_4.NASL
descriptionThe remote host contains a version of Sun xVM VirtualBox, an open source virtualization platform, before 3.0.4. Such versions have multiple local denial of service vulnerabilities. A guest virtual machine (VM) can reboot the host machine by executing the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id40549
published2009-08-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40549
titleSun xVM VirtualBox < 3.0.4 Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if (description)
{
  script_id(40549);
  script_version("1.17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2714", "CVE-2009-2715");
  script_bugtraq_id(35915, 35960);
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"9323");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"36080");

  script_name(english:"Sun xVM VirtualBox < 3.0.4 Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Does a version check on VirtualBox.exe");

  script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by
local denial of service vulnerabilities."  );
  script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host contains a version of Sun xVM VirtualBox, an open
source virtualization platform, before 3.0.4.  Such versions
have multiple local denial of service vulnerabilities.  A guest
virtual machine (VM) can reboot the host machine by executing the
'sysenter' instruction.  The vendor states there are several other
denial of service vulnerabilities in addition to this.

An attacker with access to the guest VM could leverage these to
cause a denial of service."  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1020812.1.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20948"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:"Upgrade to Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0.4 or later."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_cwe_id(20);
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"vuln_publication_date", 
    value:"2009/08/03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"patch_publication_date", 
    value:"2009/08/03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"plugin_publication_date", 
    value:"2009/08/11"
  );
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:sun:xvm_virtualbox");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("virtualbox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("VirtualBox/Version");
  exit(0);
}


include("smb_func.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes.inc");


ver = get_kb_item('VirtualBox/Version');
if (isnull(ver)) exit(0, "The 'VirtualBox/Version' KB item is missing.");

ver_fields = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
major = int(ver_fields[0]);
minor = int(ver_fields[1]);
rev = int(ver_fields[2]);

# Versions < 3.0.4 are affected
if (
  major < 3 ||
  major == 3 && minor == 0 && rev < 4
)
{
  port = kb_smb_transport();

  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report = string(
      "\n",
      "  Product version    : ", ver, "\n",
      "  Should be at least : 3.0.4\n"
    );
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
}
else exit(0, "Version " + ver + " is not affected.");

Oval

accepted2013-12-23T04:00:32.540-05:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameSergey Artykhov
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentVirtualBox is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11581
descriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS reboot) via unknown vectors.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16725
statusaccepted
submitted2013-04-25T16:31:26.748+04:00
titleUnspecified vulnerability in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0 and 3.0.2
version6