CVE-2017-3538
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent:...
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
- Record
CVE-2017-3538- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.3 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
- Record
CVE-2017-3538- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12658 No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
- Record
EUVD-2017-12658- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmv2-mgrh-jx77
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent:...
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
- Record
GHSA-mmv2-mgrh-jx77- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-3538
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Shared Folder). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.34 and Prior to 5.1.16. Difficult to exploit 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3538- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0078 No score
Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities
This update provides virtualbox 5.1.18 maintenance release and resolves at least the following security issues:
A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows unauthenticated attacker unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2016-5545).
A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3290).
A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise virtualbox (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3316).
A vulnerability in the SVGA Emulation subcomponent of virtualbox allows low privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3332).
A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox accessible data (CVE-2017-3538).
For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.
- Record
MGASA-2017-0078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kmod-vboxadditionsMageia:5 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
kmod-virtualboxMageia:5 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
virtualboxMageia:5 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3538 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published March 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.