Oracle VirtualBox Guest-to-Host Escape E1000 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Mac OS X

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814328");
  script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-11-09 10:40:36 +0530 (Fri, 09 Nov 2018)");

  script_name("Oracle VirtualBox Guest-to-Host Escape E1000 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Oracle VirtualBox is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists in the Intel PRO/1000 MT
  Desktop (82540EM) network adapter in Network Address Translation (NAT) mode
  called the E1000.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker
  with root/administrator privileges in a guest to escape to a host ring3. Then the
  attacker can use existing techniques to escalate privileges to ring 0 via
  /dev/vboxdrv");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Oracle VirtualBox versions 5.2.20 and prior on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/MorteNoir1/virtualbox_e1000_0day");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("secpod_oracle_virtualbox_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Oracle/VirtualBox/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(vers =~ "^5\.2") {
  if (version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"5.2.20")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path);
    security_message(port:0, data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(0);