The version of VirtualBox installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2023 CPU advisory:

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as     unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and     unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data.     (CVE-2023-22098, CVE-2023-22099)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional     products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to     critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to     cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2023-22100)   Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2023 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183313

Version 1.5