What is CVE-2025-61759?

CVE-2025-61759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-61759?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Oracle Vm Virtualbox

CVE-2025-61759

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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Oracle Vm_virtualbox — versions 7.1.12, 7.2.2
Oracle Corporation Vm Virtualbox — versions 7.1.12, 7.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61759?: CVE-2025-61759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-61759?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.