CVE-2025-61760
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product (component: Core) affects versions 7.1.12 and 7.2.2. This difficult-to-exploit flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs to compromise the product; it requires human interaction from someone other than the attacker and may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful exploitation can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Risk Assessment
A successful attack can lead to takeover of the VirtualBox environment and impact other systems, threatening confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, it requires local access and user interaction, which limits the likelihood of exploitation.
Recommendation
Update Oracle VM VirtualBox to a version newer than 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 that contains the fix, and restrict local access to virtualization hosts.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle VM VirtualBox
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- CVE-2026-21989High
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- CVE-2026-21988High
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- CVE-2026-21956High
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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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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