Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2 Core privilege defined with unsafe actions

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Core. Performing a manipulation results in privilege defined with unsafe actions. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-62587. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-267. A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.12 and 7.2.2. 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).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-62587 since 10/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/24/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271245 (Oracle VM VirtualBox (October 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 (271245). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Virtualization Software

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• Oracle

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• VM VirtualBox

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• 7.1.12
• 7.2.2

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• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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