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    1 vulnerability by AirVPN

    CVE-2025-14979 (GCVE-0-2025-14979)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 15:15 – Updated: 2026-03-03 16:20
    VLAI
    Title
    Eddie VPN 2.24.6 - Local Privilege Escalation
    Summary
    AirVPN Eddie on MacOS contains an insecure XPC service that allows local, unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root.This issue affects Eddie: 2.24.6.
    Severity
    8.5 (High)
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    AirVPN Eddie Affected: 2.24.6
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Oscar Uribe
    Show details on NVD website
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