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CVE-2014-0983 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.x through 4.2.20 and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, specifically in the 3D Acceleration feature that uses the Chromium OpenGL library. Multiple array index errors in automatically generated dispatch functions (e.g., crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4NubARB and others) allow a local attacker in a guest OS to send crafted CR_MESSAGE_OPCODES messages with malicious indices. These are not properly validated, resulting in out-of-bounds memory writes in the host process context.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module: 'virtual_box_opengl_escape.rb', which exploits a vulnerability (CVE-2014-0983) in Oracle VirtualBox's 3D Acceleration feature. The exploit targets the VBoxGuest device ('\\.\VBoxGuest') from within a Windows guest VM (Windows 7 SP1 64-bit) to achieve a virtual machine escape, allowing code execution on the host. The module leverages crafted IOCTL messages to trigger an out-of-bounds memory access in the OpenGL remote rendering subsystem. The exploit is operational, providing a customizable Meterpreter payload that, upon success, gives the attacker control over the host system. The code is written in Ruby and is designed to be run within the Metasploit framework. The only fingerprintable endpoint is the device file '\\.\VBoxGuest', which is specific to VirtualBox guest environments. The module is well-documented, includes references to advisories and technical details, and is structured according to Metasploit conventions.
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