CVE-2020-2894

High-privilege data disclosure through undisclosed Core flaw

Published Apr 15, 2020 · Updated Sep 27, 2024

Information disclosure in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core before 5.2.40, 6.0.20, and 6.1.6 allows local users to read accessible data. Oracle has not disclosed the flawed Core operation or the input that reaches it. Exploitation requires high-privileged logon access to the host where VirtualBox runs, and the published impact is limited to confidentiality across the product boundary.

CVSS severity6.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.57%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core before 5.2.40, 6.0.20, and 6.1.6 allows local users to read accessible data. Oracle has not disclosed the flawed Core operation or the input that reaches it. Exploitation requires high-privileged logon access to the host where VirtualBox runs, and the published impact is limited to confidentiality across the product boundary.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-2894
Published
Apr 15, 2020
Updated
Sep 27, 2024
Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 15, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 27, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=prior to 5.2.40
  2. Affected versionversion=prior to 6.0.20
  3. Affected versionversion=prior to 6.1.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Oracle Corporation · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=prior to 5.2.40; version=prior to 6.0.20; version=prior to 6.1.6

Published CVSS scores

6.0OracleCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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