Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.10 Core privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.10 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Core. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53027. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.10 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.1.10. Easily exploitable 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53027 since 06/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/18/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242294 (Oracle VM VirtualBox (July 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 (242294). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Virtualization Software

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• Oracle

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• VM VirtualBox

Version

• 7.1.10

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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