VDB
CVE-2021-35538
CVE-2021-35538
PUBLISHED
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.28. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability does not apply to Windows systems. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
EPSS 0.25% · 48.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.25%
48.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | 7.1.8-dfsg-3, 7.1.8-dfsg-3build1, 7.1.10-dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | virtualbox | 5.2.6-dfsg-5, 5.2.8-dfsg-3, 5.2.8-dfsg-5 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 0, 5.0.4-dfsg-2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | 0, 6.1.26-dfsg-4, 6.1.28-dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | 0, 7.0.12-dfsg-1, 7.0.12-dfsg-1build1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Oct 20, 2021 CVE Published
- Oct 21, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 16, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 24, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-35538 third-party-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35538 third-party-advisory