CVE-2024-21141

Local high-privilege hypervisor takeover

Published Jul 16, 2024 · Updated Mar 20, 2025

Improper privilege management in Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.0.20 allows local users to take over the hypervisor. Oracle has not disclosed the defective Core operation or the input that reaches it. Exploitation requires high-privilege logon to the host infrastructure and can cross the VirtualBox security boundary, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability beyond the hypervisor.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.0.20 allows local users to take over the hypervisor. Oracle has not disclosed the defective Core operation or the input that reaches it. Exploitation requires high-privilege logon to the host infrastructure and can cross the VirtualBox security boundary, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability beyond the hypervisor.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-21141
Published
Jul 16, 2024
Updated
Mar 20, 2025
Vendor
Oracle
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
CWE-269
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <7.0.20

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Oracle · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=0 <7.0.20
Oracle Corporation · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=* <7.0.20

Published CVSS scores

8.2OracleCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

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