CVE-2025-62592

Complete accessible-data disclosure to local administrators

Published Oct 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 21, 2025

Improper privilege management in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 allows local users to read all accessible data. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or input path that exposes data beyond the component's security scope. Exploitation requires high privileges and host logon; impact is limited to confidentiality, including critical or complete accessible data.

CVSS severity6.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 allows local users to read all accessible data. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or input path that exposes data beyond the component's security scope. Exploitation requires high privileges and host logon; impact is limited to confidentiality, including critical or complete accessible data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-62592
Published
Oct 21, 2025
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
CWE-269, T1005
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

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 privilegesadmin

What is affected?

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

Published CVSS scores

6.0Oracle CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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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
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1005Data from Local System

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