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.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 ↗
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 ↗
- http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431 ↗