High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-35538
CVE-2021-35538
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.28. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability does not apply to Windows systems. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.1.28
- (no CPE)range: <6.1.28
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox-kmp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox-kmp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3
< 6.1.28-lp152.2.38.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.28-lp152.2.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.28-lp153.2.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.28-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.28-lp152.2.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.28-lp153.2.12.1
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References
2- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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