CVE-2009-3692
Unspecified vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.x before 3.0.8 on Solaris x86, Linux, and Mac OS X…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.73%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.x before 3.0.8 on Solaris x86, Linux, and Mac OS X allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun VirtualBox 3.0.6 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9973local, multiplepublished 17 Oct 2009Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 58652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1022990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 36929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 268188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- virtualbox-vboxnetadpctl-priv-escalation(53671) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3667 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3692)Record last updated .