CVE-2026-87284

VirtualBox 7.2.16 Local Privilege Exploit Causes Partial Denial of Service

Published Sep 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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).

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Metrics ssvc

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

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Title VirtualBox 7.2.16 Local Privilege Exploit Causes Partial Denial of Service
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Title Privilege Escalation Allowing Partial Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-288
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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Title Privilege Escalation Allowing Partial Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-288
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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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 3:10 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026, 9:49 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 15, 2026, 8:19 PM
Modified
Sep 23, 2026, 1:53 PM