Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

published 2024-04-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-18825

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows hosts only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 7.0.16

Timeline

2024-04-16 Published
2025-05-09 First public exploit (EDB-52287)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-04-30)

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-52287 VirtualBox 7.0.16 - Privilege Escalation local, 2025-05-09

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuapr2024.html
vendor-advisory
exploit-db.com /exploits/52287

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-21111
NVD CVE-2024-21111

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Summary