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CVE-2008-3431

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The VBoxDrvNtDeviceControl function in VBoxDrv.sys in Sun xVM VirtualBox before 1.6.4 uses the METHOD_NEITHER communication method for IOCTLs and does not properly validate a buffer associated with the Irp object, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening the \.VBoxDrv device and calling DeviceIoControl to send a crafted kernel address.

Date published : 2008-08-05

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30481

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495095/100/0/threaded

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