CVE-2008-3431

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

6.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2008-08-05 19:20Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2008-07-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1731d4d134f63783cb057a881b57c4b2a16a6eebbc2c440e9b51b51498925429

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• www.exploit-db.com6218https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6218exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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• www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtualbox-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityx_refsource_MISC
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• www.vupen.comADV-2008-2293http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2293vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• virtualbox.orghttp://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelogx_refsource_CONFIRM
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• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-3431government-resource