CVE-2017-3316
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
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: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
CVE-2017-3316- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
CVE-2017-3316- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12437 No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
EUVD-2017-12437- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-238x-xx54-w2xc
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
GHSA-238x-xx54-w2xc- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-3316
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3316- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - 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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1 No score
python3-virtualbox-6.1.26-3.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python3-virtualbox-6.1.26-3.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1- 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 |
virtualboxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 43 CVEs |
before 6.1.26-3.2 | 6.1.26-3.2 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Oracle VM VirtualBox < 5.0.32 / < 5.1.14 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-01-27 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases, products | 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-2017-3316 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published January 27, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.96%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
exploit-db.com/exploits/41196
securityfocus.com/bid/95579
securitytracker.com/id/1037638
oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3316
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-238x-xx54-w2xc
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20222
virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3316
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3316
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10392