What is CVE-2023-21991?

CVE-2023-21991 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 3.2/10. Published 2023-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-21991?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-21991 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox

CVE-2023-21991

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21991?: CVE-2023-21991 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 3.2/10. Published 2023-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-21991?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-21991 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.