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CVE-2020-2678 json

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-22471

cvss
6.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N).

Patch / fix

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.36, 6.0.16, 6.1.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox

References

Sources

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