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CVE-2008-3431

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.

Published

2008-08-05T19:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-10-22T01:15:33.453

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	virtualbox	< 1.6.4	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Product ([email protected])
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Product (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)