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CVE-2015-6923

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• 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

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