Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.6 Core improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.6. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Core. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-30725. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.1.6. Difficult to exploit 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30725 since 03/25/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234547 (Oracle VM VirtualBox (April 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234547). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Virtualization Software

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• Oracle

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• VM VirtualBox

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• 7.1.6

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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