Is CVE-2020-2678 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-2678 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-2678?

CVE-2020-2678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-2678?

CVE-2020-2678 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2678?

Upgrade virtualbox on debian unstable to 6.1.2-dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-2678

MEDIUM

6.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N).

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtualboxDebian

Fixed in:6.1.2-dfsg-1CVE-2020-2678

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:6.1.0 6.1.2Fixed in:6.1.2Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:6.0.0 6.0.16Fixed in:6.0.16Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:5.2.0 5.2.36Fixed in:5.2.36Oracle and/or its affiliates

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.