CVE-2020-2575

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-908

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. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox: before 5.2.40; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.20; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.6 — fixed in 5.2.40, 6.0.20, 6.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.40, 6.0.20, 6.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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