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 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 3.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Title VirtualBox 7.2.16 Local Privilege Exploit Causes Partial Denial of Service

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation Allowing Partial Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-288

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation Allowing Partial Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-288

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 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L).
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': 3.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Oracle Vm Virtualbox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T15:10:12.461Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-87284

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-09-15T20:19:18.330

Modified: 2026-09-17T16:18:26.277

Link: CVE-2026-87284

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Updated: 2026-09-20T05:30:16Z

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