CVE-2018-3085: oracle corporation vm virtualbox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-3085 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in oracle corporation vm virtualbox. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 18-07-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of 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 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H).
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.51% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Oracle1 product
- vm_virtualbox< 5.2.16
Oracle corporation1 product
- vm virtualbox≥ unspecified, < 5.2.16
Ubuntu1 product
- virtualboxAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory