CVE-2021-25319

virtualbox: missing sticky bit for /etc/vbox allows local root exploit for members of vboxusers group

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
May 5, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 19, 2021

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Description

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of virtualbox of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers in the vboxusers groupu to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory virtualbox version 6.1.20-1.1 and prior versions.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsuse

Weaknesses

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FactoryopenSUSE
  • virtualbox through 6.1.20-1.1Affected

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