CVE-2025-21571: High severity oracle virtualbox vulnerability

Published Jan 21, 2025
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Updated

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.24 and prior to 7.1.6. 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L).

Affected Software

3 affected components
Oracle VM VirtualBox<7.0.24, <7.1.6
Oracle VM VirtualBox>=7.0.0<7.0.24
Oracle VM VirtualBox>=7.1.0<7.1.6

Event History

Jan 21, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:53 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:53 PM
DescriptionSeverity
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-21571?

CVE-2025-21571 has been classified as an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows high privileged attackers access to the Oracle VM VirtualBox system.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-21571?

To fix CVE-2025-21571, update Oracle VM VirtualBox to versions 7.0.24 or 7.1.6 or later.

3

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21571?

CVE-2025-21571 affects Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 7.0.24 and prior to 7.1.6.

4

Who is impacted by CVE-2025-21571?

Organizations using affected versions of Oracle VM VirtualBox are impacted by CVE-2025-21571, particularly those with high privileged users.

5

Can CVE-2025-21571 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2025-21571 is not a remote exploit; it requires an attacker to have logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox is deployed.

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