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VirtualBox Guest Additions VBoxGuest.sys Privilege Escalation

A vulnerability within the VBoxGuest driver allows an attacker to inject memory they control into an arbitrary location they define. This can be used by an attacker to overwrite HalDispatchTable+0x4 and execute arbitrary code by subsequently calling NtQueryIntervalProfile on Windows XP SP3 systems. This has been tested with VBoxGuest Additions up to 4.3.10r93012.

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Module Name

exploit/windows/local/virtual_box_guest_additions

Authors

Matt Bergin <level [at] korelogic.com>
Jay Smith <jsmith [at] korelogic.com>

References

Targets

Windows XP SP3

Platforms

windows

Architectures

Reliability

Average

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


      msf > use exploit/windows/local/virtual_box_guest_additions
      msf exploit(virtual_box_guest_additions) > show targets
            ...targets...
      msf exploit(virtual_box_guest_additions) > set TARGET <target-id>
      msf exploit(virtual_box_guest_additions) > show options
            ...show and set options...
      msf exploit(virtual_box_guest_additions) > exploit