Oracle VM CVE-2010-3584 'ovs-agent' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	44043
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-3584
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 12 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 02 2010 06:47PM
Credit:	Oracle
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Oracle VM CVE-2010-3584 'ovs-agent' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Oracle VM is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

This issue affects the 'ovs-agent' sub component.

An authenticated attacker can leverage this issue to gain elevated privileges by accessing cleartext passwords and password hashes.

This vulnerability affects the following supported versions:
2.2.1

Oracle VM CVE-2010-3584 'ovs-agent' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Oracle VM CVE-2010-3584 'ovs-agent' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Oracle VM CVE-2010-3584 'ovs-agent' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Oracle Virtual Server Agent Local Privilege Escalation (Onapsis Research Labs )
  
• Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2010 (Oracle)