id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 12338 VBoxManage guestcontrol with bad credentials crashes VM => Fixed in SVN rjoyce "Executing a guestcontrol operation from a CentOS 6.4 or Mac OS X 10.8 host, using incorrect credentials, causes the VM to crash and enter the Aborted state. (On a Windows host, it works fine.) {{{ % vboxmanage guestcontrol ""Linux Mint 15 64-bit"" stat / --username myUser --password BADpass --verbose Opening guest session as user 'myUser' ... Waiting for guest session to start ... VBoxManage: error: Invalid user/password credentials VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component GuestSession, interface IGuestSession, callee nsISupports VBoxManage: error: Context: ""WaitForArray(ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aSessionWaitFlags), 30 * 1000, &sessionWaitResult)"" at line 940 of file VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp Closing guest session ... }}} The attached VBox log is from a CentOS 6.4 64-bit host with a Linux Mint 15 64-bit guest, using VirtualBox 4.3.2 (and 4.3.2 guest additions). A Windows 7 32-bit guest also crashes with bad credentials." defect closed guest control VirtualBox 4.3.2 fixed all Linux