Security Vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl Configuration Tool for Sun VirtualBox May Lead to Escalation of Privileges

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Security Vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl Configuration Tool for Sun VirtualBox May Lead to Escalation of Privileges

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool for certain Sun VirtualBox 3.0 packages may allow local unprivileged users who are authorized to run VirtualBox to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Sun would like to acknowledge with thanks, Thomas Biege of SUSE Linux for bringing this issue to our attention.

This issue is also referenced in the following document:


2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

Solaris x86 Platform

• Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.4 and 3.0.6

Linux Platform

• Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.4 and 3.0.6

Mac OSX Platform

• Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.4 and 3.0.6

Notes:

1. Sun VirtualBox is not shipped for the Solaris SPARC Platform.
2. This issue does not affect the Windows platform.
3. This issue does not affect releases of VirtualBox prior to 3.0.0

To determine the version of Sun VirtualBox, one of the following steps may be used:

1. In the Sun VirtualBox GUI, select:


OR

2. From the command line, run the following command:

$ VBoxManage -version

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms to indicate this issue has been exploited to gain elevated privileges.

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:

• Sun VirtualBox 3.0.8 (for all platforms)
  

Sun VirtualBox packages can be downloaded from the following site:


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

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Modification History

04-Dec-2009: Updated Impact for CVE reference

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