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CVE-2021-2279: oracle corporation vm virtualbox

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-2279
Published 22-04-2021Last modified 26-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-2279 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in oracle corporation vm virtualbox. EPSS estimates a 3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2021-0197OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.31% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Oracle1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • virtualboxAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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