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Originally Posted by jefro
A vm is only isolated if you isolate it. If you have network access or shared files or folders then it can cross infect. I think it very small in any case since but since you say a virus we can assume that it is fully compromised and can't be trusted at all.
As to how a coder could gain access within the application has been a subject of great debate. No one is really sure. It really could be done in theory. I don't know of any reports of it being done.
I'd delete the vm and take drastic action on any shared media like usb's any network not fully hardened.
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I'm afraid you're not quite right there ...
It has been described e.g.,
here.
There have been other papers on breaking out of the VM guests,
too, so a bit of googling should give you some results.
Cheers,
Tink
P.S.: I'm now moving this over to
Security
