NVD

Id
3312  
Name
CVE-2008-3431  
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.2  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.2  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-03  
Published
2008-08-05  
Modified Date
2011-03-07  
Seq
2008-3431  

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