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CVE-2025-62641: 
VirtualBox vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

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. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 21, 2025 (Oracle CPU).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.2 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions) (NVD).

Impact

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, affecting all three security properties: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (Oracle CPU).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update security patches as soon as possible. The vulnerability is addressed in Oracle's October 2025 Critical Patch Update (Oracle CPU).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was discovered by VMBreakers (GANGMIN KIM, SANGBIN KIM, Un3xploitable) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (Oracle CPU).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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