CVE-2018-2844
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. Easily exploitable 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
EPSS 4.43% · 89.2th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | *, 7.2.2-dfsg-2, 7.2.0-dfsg-3 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | virtualbox | 6.1.4-dfsg-2~build1, 6.1.2-dfsg-1, 6.1.0-dfsg-3build2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | 6.1.32-dfsg-1build1, 6.1.34-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1, 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 5.0.4-dfsg-2, 5.0.8-dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | virtualbox | 5.2.8-dfsg-7, *, * |
Exploit Intelligence
- renorobert/virtualbox-cve-2018-2844 (github-poc)
- renorobert/virtualbox-cve-2018-2844 (github-poc)
- renorobert/virtualbox-cve-2018-2844 (github-poc)
- renorobert/virtualbox-cve-2018-2844 (github-poc)
- renorobert/virtualbox-cve-2018-2844 (github-poc)
- VirtualBox 5.2.6.r120293 - VM Escape Exploit (0day-today)
- VirtualBox 5.2.6.r120293 - VM Escape Exploit (0day-today)
Timeline
- Apr 18, 2018 CVE Published
- Sep 11, 2018 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2844 third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2844 third-party-advisory