Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization 4.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, i
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization 4.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Windows Guest Additions.
- Published
- Jan 18, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 25th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
14
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 14 / 40 · 3.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | virtualization | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization |
| oracle | vm virtualbox | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oracle virtualization4.1
- oracle vm virtualbox4.1
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | virtualbox-guest-additions-iso | before 4.1.8-1 | 4.1.8-1 |
Same product
oracle: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2011-3538Unspecified vulnerability in the Sun Ray component in Oracle Virtualization 4.0 allows remote attackers to affect integrity, related to Auth28Monitor
- CVE-2015-2581Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Secure Global Desktop component in Oracle Virtualization 5.1 and 5.2 allows remote attackers to affe26Monitor
- CVE-2014-2439Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) component in Oracle Virtualization 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers t26Monitor
- CVE-2021-20191A flaw was found in ansible.22Monitor
- CVE-2020-10775An Open redirect vulnerability was found in ovirt-engine versions 4.4 and earlier, where it allows remote attackers to redirect users to arb22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:virtualbox-guest-additions-iso | 4.1.8-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00041.html
- osvdb.org/78442
- secunia.com/advisories/48755
- secunia.com/advisories/50897
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-01.xml
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72511
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16235
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.