7.8

CVE-2021-35538: oracle corporation vm virtualbox

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-35538openSUSE-SU-2024:11589-1
Published 20-10-2021Last modified 25-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-35538 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in oracle corporation vm virtualbox. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.41%
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-2021-0488OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1393-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1403-1

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-09-2024
    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 6.1.28. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability does not apply to Windows systems. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

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

Opensuse1 product
  • virtualbox&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 6.1.28-1.1
Oracle1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • virtualboxAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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