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FreeBSD : virtualbox -- privilege escalation (ebeed063-b328-11de-b6a5-0030843d3802)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42060

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sun reports :

A security vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool for certain Sun VirtualBox 3.0 packages may allow local unprivileged users who are authorized to run VirtualBox to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?afecee0d

http://www.nessus.org/u?f6e7690b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42060

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ebeed063b32811deb6a50030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 10/8/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:virtualbox, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3692

Secunia: 36929