Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2025 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2025-53024

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Oracle VM VirtualBox from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.1.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-53024
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-53024
Ubuntu:25.10virtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-53024
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-53024
Ubuntu:26.10virtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-53024

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.10

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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