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    6 vulnerabilities found for xvm_virtualbox by sun

    CVE-2009-3940 (GCVE-0-2009-3940)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2009-11-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45
    VLAI
    Summary
    Unspecified vulnerability in Guest Additions in Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x and 2.0.x before 2.0.12, 2.1.x, and 2.2.x, and Sun VirtualBox before 3.0.10, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) on the guest OS via unknown vectors.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
    Date Public
    2009-11-13 00:00
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2009-0876 (GCVE-0-2009-0876)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2009-03-12 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:48
    VLAI
    Summary
    Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
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    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
    http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444 x_refsource_CONFIRM
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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    http://osvdb.org/52580 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
    Date Public
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    Show details on NVD website
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    CVE-2008-3431 (GCVE-0-2008-3431)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2008-08-05 19:20 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05
    VLAI CISA KEVIntel
    Summary
    The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.
    Severity
    8.8 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    Assigner
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    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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    http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-pr… x_refsource_MISC
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… government-resource
    Date Public
    2008-08-04 00:00
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    CVE-2009-3940 (GCVE-0-2009-3940)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45
    VLAI
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    Unspecified vulnerability in Guest Additions in Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x and 2.0.x before 2.0.12, 2.1.x, and 2.2.x, and Sun VirtualBox before 3.0.10, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) on the guest OS via unknown vectors.
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    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    Assigner
    References
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    Date Public
    2009-11-13 00:00
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    CVE-2009-0876 (GCVE-0-2009-0876)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-12 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:48
    VLAI
    Summary
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    • n/a
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    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-05 19:20 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05
    VLAI CISA KEVIntel
    Summary
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    Severity
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    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
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    http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
    http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-pr… x_refsource_MISC
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    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… government-resource
    Date Public
    2008-08-04 00:00
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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