Oracle VirtualBox CVE-2016-5613 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.28 and prior to 5.1.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox.

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VirtualBox

CVE References

CVE-2016-5613