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Oracle VirtualBox Unsupported Version Detection (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92788

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is no longer supported.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the installation of Oracle VirtualBox on the remote Mac OS X host is no longer supported.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to a version of Oracle VirtualBox that is currently supported.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?925c7fb8

http://www.nessus.org/u?466fb425

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92788

File Name: virtualbox_unsupported_osx.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/8/2016

Updated: 9/22/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VirtualBox

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0577