CVE-2017-3587: oracle corporation oracle vm virtualbox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-3587 is a high (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in oracle corporation oracle vm virtualbox. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (exploit-database, 25-04-2017)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 24-04-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H).
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.4HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundOracle VirtualBox Guest Additions 5.1.18 - Unprivileged Windows User-Mode Guest Code Double-Free
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Oracle1 product
- vm_virtualbox≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.38 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.20
Oracle corporation1 product
- oracle vm virtualbox≥ unspecified, < 5.0.38 | ≥ unspecified, < 5.1.20
Ubuntu1 product
- virtualbox< 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT