Vulnerability in Vbox3

CVE-2004-0015

vbox3 0.1.8 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before executing a user-provided TCL script, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published 2004-02-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (27.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vbox3

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14170 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/9381 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-418 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)