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TITLE:
Oracle VirtualBox Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42985

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-20

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Oracle VirtualBox, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error. No further
information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.0.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
It is currently unclear who reported this vulnerability as the Oracle
Critical Patch Update for January 2011 only provides a bundled list of
credits. This section will be updated when/if the original reporter
provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.html

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