{"cve":"CVE-2008-3431","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-05T19:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:48.933","status":"Analyzed","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/31361","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4107","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020625","http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240095-1","http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog"],"products":["oracle:virtualbox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3431","score":0.06876,"percentile":0.94061,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3431","date_added":"2022-03-03","due_date":"2022-03-24","vendor":"Oracle","product":"VirtualBox","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}