CVE-2021-2287

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-2287

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-9

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed6.1.20-1
debian debiansidfixed6.1.20-dfsg-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.