CVE-2015-6923
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
The ndvbs module in VBox Communications Satellite Express Protocol 2.3.17.3 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges via a 0x00000ffd ioctl call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vboxcomm | satellite_express_protocol | 2.3.17.3 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133620/VBox-Satellite-Express-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536491/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38225/
- https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2015-005.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133620/VBox-Satellite-Express-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536491/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38225/
- https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2015-005.txt
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.