Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-2575 - Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Oracle VM Virtualbox
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-582/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-582/