Re: Hack in through VirtualBox to the "real" system.
Originally Posted by
kleenex
Hi, is there any chance, that somebody can hack in to the Linux machine through VirtualBox? Let say, that I am running Linux 1, I've installed VBox and on VBox another Linux 2 distro. Is there any chance, that during using Linux 2 via VBox, Linux 1 host system can be hacked? If so, how?
I'm asking, because I'm planning to install VBox and test some others systems etc.
Thanks.
it depends, the answer is both yes and no, like everything security is a process not a product.
If you have a VM which is acting a live client on the network with shares and using shares, using shared folders to host machine then in theory yes as there is access to the host.
if you however minimise the access to host and network then you reduce the risks.
it is a possibility but still not a common one so not too much to worry about, but as i say as with everything contol ingress and egress
There are some known vulnerabilites been patched but shows potential such as cloudburst http://www.darkreading.com/security/...-its-host.html
There are new techniques emerging daily, unless you unplug you are never "secure" you can only take steps to make it harder to breach.
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