Overview
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, it is critical to stay informed about the latest vulnerabilities that could impact your systems. One such vulnerability is the CVE-2025-53024, affecting the Oracle VM VirtualBox product. This vulnerability holds significant potential for system compromise or data leakage. It is particularly concerning due to its severity, with a CVSS severity score of 8.2, indicating a high-risk vulnerability that can lead to serious consequences if exploited.
The vulnerability affects the Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.1.10 and enables a high privileged attacker to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. This vulnerability, if exploited successfully, can also significantly impact additional products, posing a widespread threat to organizations utilizing the Oracle VM VirtualBox in their infrastructure.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-53024
Severity: High-Risk, CVSS score 8.2
Attack Vector: Local
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Impact: Successful exploitation can result in the takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.
Affected Products
Escape the Surveillance Era
Most apps won’t tell you the truth.
They’re part of the problem.
Phone numbers. Emails. Profiles. Logs.
It’s all fuel for surveillance.
Ameeba Chat gives you a way out.
- • No phone number
- • No email
- • No personal info
- • Anonymous aliases
- • End-to-end encrypted
Chat without a trace.
Product | Affected Versions
Oracle VM VirtualBox | 7.1.10
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability resides in the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox. It allows a high privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise it. The exploit does not require user interaction, and the attack can significantly impact additional products due to a scope change.
Conceptual Example Code
While a concrete example of the exploit code is not available, a conceptual scenario may look like the following:
# Gain high privileged access
sudo su
# Execute malicious command on the vulnerable Oracle VM VirtualBox
./exploit -target OracleVMVirtualBox -version 7.1.10In this conceptual example, the attacker first gains high privileged access (this could be through a separate vulnerability or social engineering). Then, they execute a hypothetically malicious command targeting the vulnerable version of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Mitigation Guidance
To mitigate this vulnerability, Oracle advises applying the vendor patch for the affected version of Oracle VM VirtualBox. In case the patch is not immediately available or applicable, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation measure. However, these are not long-term solutions and can only limit the risk of exploitation. They are not capable of completely eliminating it. Therefore, updating to a patched version as soon as possible is highly recommended.