CVE-2017-3576
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core)...
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).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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).
- Record
CVE-2017-3576- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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).
- Record
CVE-2017-3576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12696 No score
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).
- Record
EUVD-2017-12696- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7c6-67f6-mq2g
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core)...
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).
- Record
GHSA-j7c6-67f6-mq2g- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-3576
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).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3576- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0135 No score
Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities
This update provides virtualbox 5.1.22 maintenance release and resolves at least the following security issues:
A vulnerability in the core subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privilegied attacker unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2017-3513).
A vulnerability in the core 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 hang or frequently repeatable crash resulting in denialv of service (CVE-2017-3558).
Vulnerabilities in the core 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 hang or frequently repeatable crash resulting in denial of service (CVE-2017-3559, CVE-2017-3575).
Vulnerabilities in the core subcomponent of virtualbox allows low privilegied attacker to fully compromise virtualbox (CVE-2017-3561, CVE-2017-3563, CVE-2017-3576).
A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data, unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (CVE-2017-3587).
For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.
- Record
MGASA-2017-0135- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kmod-vboxadditionsMageia:5 |
before 5.1.22-1.mga5 | 5.1.22-1.mga5 |
kmod-virtualboxMageia:5 |
before 5.1.22-1.mga5 | 5.1.22-1.mga5 |
virtualboxMageia:5 |
before 5.1.22-1.mga5 | 5.1.22-1.mga5 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.14 r112924 - Unprivileged Host User to Host Kernel Privilege Escalation via ALSA config | 2017-04-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3576 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published April 24, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.54%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in kmod-vboxadditions 5.1.22-1.mga5.