VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-2477

low
Published 2014-07-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.6

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 3.2.24, 4.0.26, 4.1.34, 4.2.26, and 4.3.12 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via unknown vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2486.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-34333 local windows verified
Metasploit · 2014-08-13

Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.3.10r93012 - 'VBoxGuest.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/local/virtual_box_guest_additions rank 200
VirtualBox Guest Additions VBoxGuest.sys Privilege Escalation
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
sid Fixed 4.3.12-dfsg-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox{"endIncluding":"4.0.24"}
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.4
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.6
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.8
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.10
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.12
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.14
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.16
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.18
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.20
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.0.22
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.4
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.6
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.8
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.4
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.6
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.8
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.10
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.12
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.14
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.16
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.18
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox3.2.20
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.4
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.6
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.8
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.10
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.12
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.14
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.16
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.18
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.20
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.22
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.24
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.26
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.28
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.1.30
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.0
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.2
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.4
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.6
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.8
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.10
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.12
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.14
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.16
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.18
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.20
oracle oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.22

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.