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CVE-2008-3431

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/5/2008

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorOracle

ProductVirtualBox

Vulnerability NameOracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-03-03

Remediation Due Date2022-03-24

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

oracle:virtualbox

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31361(cve@mitre.org)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107(cve@mitre.org)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625(cve@mitre.org)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1(cve@mitre.org)

http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31361(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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