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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Core. This manipulation causes privilege defined with unsafe actions. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-62641. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12/7.2.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege defined with unsafe actions vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. 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). 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 known as CVE-2025-62641 since 10/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276850 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62641), 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 (276850). 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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• 7.1.12
• 7.2.2

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• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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