CVE-2018-2698

mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.017 · 76 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.66% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 4.1 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.32 and Prior to 5.2.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.1–8.8

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.7 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.08.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-43878Oracle VirtualBox < 5.1.30 / < 5.2-rc1 - Guest to Host EscapePoC · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Oracle Secure Global Desktop 5.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:secure_global_desktop:5.3
Oracle VM Virtual Box <5.1.32all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle VM Virtual Box <5.2.6all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Oracle VM Virtual Box< 5.1.32cert_bundDE
Oracle VM Virtual Box< 5.2.6cert_bundDE
Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBoxunspecified → 5.1.32enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBoxunspecified → 5.2.6enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corp. VM VirtualBox5.1.0 → 5.1.32fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. VM VirtualBox5.2.0 → 5.2.6fstec_bduRU
oracle vm virtualbox5.1.0 → 5.1.32nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle vm virtualbox5.2.0 → 5.2.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-2008Oracle Virtualization: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-01-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Secure Global Desktop und Oracle VM Virtual Box ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, Vertraulichkeit und Integrität zu gefährden.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-01-18modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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