Is CVE-2020-2748 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-2748 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-2748?

CVE-2020-2748 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.2 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-2748?

CVE-2020-2748 has an EPSS score of 0.53% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2748?

Upgrade virtualbox on debian unstable to 6.1.6-dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-2748

LOW

3.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.2 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtualboxDebian

Fixed in:6.1.6-dfsg-1CVE-2020-2748

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:6.0.0 6.0.20Fixed in:6.0.20Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:6.1.0 6.1.6Fixed in:6.1.6Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:5.2.40Fixed in:5.2.40Oracle 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 ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
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CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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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.