CVE-2024-21115

Summary

CVE-2024-21115 is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox, with versions prior to 7.0.16 being impacted. This issue permits a low-privileged attacker, who has logged into the hosting infrastructure, to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. The scope of the vulnerability extends beyond Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially leading to significant impacts on additional products. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability can result in a complete takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. The Base Score of this vulnerability, according to the CVSS 3.1 metric, is 8.8, representing high risks to Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

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