Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. 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 host 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).
History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation Allowing Full VirtualBox Takeover

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation Allowing Full VirtualBox Takeover
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. 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 host 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).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-09-15T20:06:34.797Z

Updated: 2026-09-22T03:56:00.876Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.408Z

Link: CVE-2026-87270

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:49:33.333Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-15T20:19:15.700

Modified: 2026-09-23T13:53:05.023

Link: CVE-2026-87270

cve-icon Redhat

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