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Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2008-3431
Oracle VirtualBox Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \\.\VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2008, 7:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

An input validation vulnerability exists in the VBoxDrv.sys driver of Sun xVM VirtualBox which allows attackers to locally execute arbitrary code.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3431 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sun xvm_virtualbox
1 Oracle virtualbox
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade to Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.4 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-3431 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-3431.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 Broken Link
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Product
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 Broken Link
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Product
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-3431 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3431 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-3431 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-3431 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
    Added Reference http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
    Added Reference http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31361 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 No Types Assigned http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog No Types Assigned http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Product
    Changed Reference Type http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability No Types Assigned http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-264
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sun:xvm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6218 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44202 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.56 }} -0.23%

score

0.88758

percentile