Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. 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     access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2022-39423)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202212-03 (Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of     Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2022-21620)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. 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     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
    (CVE-2022-21621)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2022-21627)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability     applies to Windows systems only. (CVE-2022-39421)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of     Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2022-39422)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. 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     access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2022-39423)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated     attacker with network access via VRDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this     vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2022-39424, CVE-2022-39425,     CVE-2022-39426)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of VirtualBox installed on the remote host is prior to 6.1.38. It is, therefore, affected by multiple  vulnerabilities as referenced in the Oct 2022 CPU advisory:

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions     that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2022-39422)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions     that are affected are Prior to 6.1.38. 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 access to critical data or complete access to     all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2022-39423)   Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
256524	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-39423	Nessus	Misc.	medium
168907	GLSA-202212-03 : Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
166293	Oracle VM VirtualBox < 6.1.38 (Oct 2022 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-39423

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

high

high