CVE-2025-61759
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs
Summary
Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (component: Core) versions 7.1.12 and 7.2.2. Easily exploitable by a low-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where VirtualBox executes. The attack may impact additional products (scope change) and result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all VirtualBox data. CVSS 6.5.
Risk Assessment
A low-privileged attacker could gain complete access to VirtualBox data, potentially leading to confidentiality breaches and affecting other products.
Recommendation
Apply patches provided by Oracle for versions 7.1.12 and 7.2.2. Restrict access to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs to trusted users.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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 low 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
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