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CVE-2008-3431 - Oracle VirtualBox

AI Vulnerability Context

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.

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2008-3431
Vendor/project
Oracle
Product
VirtualBox
Vulnerability name
Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability
Date added
2022-03-03
Due date
2022-03-24
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
8.8
CWE-264

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31361af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelogaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431