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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2. This affects an unknown function of the component Core. The manipulation leads to privilege defined with unsafe actions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-62589. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is 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).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-62589 since 10/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/28/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276852 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62589), 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 (276852). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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