CVE-2025-21571

Oracle VM VirtualBox and 1 other: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2025-21571 is fixed in Oracle VirtualBox on 1 platform by Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.6 (version 7.1.6), released January 21, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.3

No vendor severity

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0029

21st percentile

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).

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Windows apps
Oracle VirtualBox	7.1.6	Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.6	Jan 21, 2025

Details

Published
January 21, 2025
Weakness
CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21571

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