01 Record
CVE-2015-6923
The ndvbs module in VBox Communications Satellite Express Protocol 2.3.17.3 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges via a 0x00000ffd ioctl call.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The ndvbs module in VBox Communications Satellite Express Protocol 2.3.17.3 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges via a 0x00000ffd ioctl call.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-09-21 19:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 21312ec357344e04d27d43efc74c3574e303d0c40e1e0ecd6f358711bf7353ee
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- seclists.org20150917 KL-001-2015-005 : VBox Satellite Express Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalationhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/72
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133620/VBox-Satellite-Express-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html
- www.exploit-db.com38225https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38225/
- www.securityfocus.com20150917 KL-001-2015-005 : VBox Satellite Express Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536491/100/0/threaded
- www.korelogic.comhttps://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2015-005.txt