CVE-2017-3563

N/A
Published: April 24, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVM VirtualBox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.0.38v < 5.1.205.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.385.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.20
Affected range stops below 5.0.38, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.1.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97732
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038288
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41908/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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