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TI-2021-07558 Aliases CVE-2021-25319GHSA-x9mv-6frm-qg9c

virtualbox: missing sticky bit for /etc/vbox allows local root exploit for members of vboxusers group

Priority LOW 34CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of virtualbox of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers in the vboxusers groupu to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory virtualbox version 6.1.20-1.1 and prior versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00255 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openSUSEFactoryvirtualbox – 6.1.20-1.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Factory VendoropenSUSE Affected virtualbox – 6.1.20-1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.1.20-1.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.1.20-1.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25319
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9mv-6frm-qg9c

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2021-18444 CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-18443 Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-13289 sendmail: mail to root privilege escalation via sm-client.pre script CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-20416 An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-03035 Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2022-13284 slurm: %post for slurm-testsuite operates as root in user owned directory CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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