# CVE-2020-2894: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-15 · Updated: 2024-09-27

## Affected

- Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox: prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20, prior to 6.1.6

## Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 6.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-581/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09

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