Vulnerability CVE-2009-2715
Published: 2009-08-07   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Sun VirtualBox 2.2 through 3.0.2 r49928 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (Linux host OS reboot) via a sysenter instruction.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
VirtualBox 2.2 - 3.0.2 r49928 Local Host Reboot PoC
Tadas Vilkeliski...
10.08.2009

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
SUN -> Virtualbox 

 References:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9323
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52211
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