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TITLE:
Oracle VM VirtualBox Two Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45316

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-21

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Oracle VM VirtualBox, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

1) An unspecified error can be exploited to gain escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, and 4.0.
Other versions may also be affected.

2) An unspecified error in the Guest Additions for Windows component
can be exploited to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.0.

SOLUTION:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
It is currently unclear who reported the vulnerabilities as the
Oracle Critical Patch Update for July 2011 only provides a bundled
list of credits. This section will be updated when/if the original
reporter provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2011-313328.html#AppendixSUNS

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