A Security Vulnerability in 'VBoxDrv.sys' driver of Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 may lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)

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A Security Vulnerability in 'VBoxDrv.sys' driver of Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 may lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the 'VBoxDrv.sys' driver shipped with Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.0/1.6.2 may allow a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system panic. The ability to cause system panic is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

Sun acknowledges with thanks, Anibal Sacco of Core Security Technologies for bringing this issue to our attention.

This issue is described in the following document:

         http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur on the following releases:

Windows Platform

• Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.0, 1.6.2 (for Windows)
  

Notes:

1. No other Sun xVM VirtualBox supported host platforms are affected by this issue.
2. This issue only occurs in the Windows versions of Sun xVM VirtualBox
   

To determine the version of xVM VirtualBox on a Windows system, you can do one of the following:

In the Menu of Sun xVM VirtualBox, select Help -> About VirtualBox

Or,

From the command line, run "VBoxManage -version" in the product installation directory.

3. Symptoms

If the described issue occurs, the system will either panic or overwrite memory contents.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the "Resolution" section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following release:

Windows Platform

• Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.4 (for Windows)

Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.4 for Windows can be downloaded from the following site:

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=innotek-1.6-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557.

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