CVE

Id
33548  
CVE No.
CVE-2008-3431  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20080731)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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