Oracle VirtualBox Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 8 Nov 2018 11:14 Release Date: 8 Nov 2018 5749 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - VM Ware

A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle VirtualBox. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restriction on the targeted system.

Impact

Security Restriction Bypass

System / Technologies affected

VirtualBox 5.2.20 and prior versions

Solutions

Notes: No patch is currently available.

Please refer to the link below for mitigation plan:

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77771/hacking/virtualbox-zero-day.html

Vulnerability Identifier

No CVE information is available

Source

Security Affairs