Advisory Details

April 28th, 2021

(Pwn2Own) Oracle VirtualBox SLiRP Networking Heap-based Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-21-484
ZDI-CAN-13568

CVE ID CVE-2021-2250
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS VirtualBox
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Oracle VirtualBox. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ICMP messages. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of guest-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the hypervisor.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-04-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2021-04-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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