cve/2008/CVE-2008-3431.md

CVE-2008-3431

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.

POC

Reference

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218

Github

• https://github.com/Ostorlab/KEV
• https://github.com/Ostorlab/known_exploited_vulnerbilities_detectors
• https://github.com/todb-cisa/kev-cwes