CVE-2025-61760

Local low-privilege takeover

Published Oct 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 21, 2025

Unspecified Core flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 allows local users to take over the hypervisor after user interaction. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or how attacker-controlled input reaches it. Exploitation requires a low-privileged infrastructure logon, high complexity, and interaction by another person; compromise can cross the hypervisor's security scope.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Unspecified Core flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 allows local users to take over the hypervisor after user interaction. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or how attacker-controlled input reaches it. Exploitation requires a low-privileged infrastructure logon, high complexity, and interaction by another person; compromise can cross the hypervisor's security scope.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-61760
Published
Oct 21, 2025
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.1.12
  2. Affected versionversion=7.2.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Oracle Corporation · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=7.1.12; version=7.2.2

Published CVSS scores

7.5Oracle CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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