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.

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3431
• https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-3417
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31361
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44202
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293
• http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded