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CVE-2008-3431

Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.05437
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules11 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Threat Actors Linked

1
actorTurla
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Affected Products & Versions

1
oracle virtualbox< 1.6.4
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Public Exploits & PoCs

4
dosSun xVM VirtualBox < 1.6.4 - Privilege Escalation (PoC)verified
pocwww.coresecurity.com · virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilitywww.coresecurity.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 30481www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 6218www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

11
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productlowVirtualbox Driver Installation or Starting of VMs
relatedcriticalAntivirus Password Dumper Detection
relatedcriticalHacktool Execution - Imphash
relatedcriticalHackTool - Rubeus Execution
relatedcriticalPotential Credential Dumping Via LSASS Process Clone
relatedcriticalWCE wceaux.dll Access
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD05 Aug 2008 · 07:41 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

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cisaKEV-CVE-2008-3431
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/31361Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1Broken Link
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/ChangelogProduct
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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