FKIE_CVE-2025-5687

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-11 12:15 - Updated: 2025-07-02 16:09
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. *This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 < (macOS).
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953736Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla vpn *
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      "value": "A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root.\n*This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 \u003c (macOS)."
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad en Mozilla VPN para macOS permite la escalada de privilegios de un usuario normal a root. *Este error solo afecta a Mozilla VPN en macOS. Otros sistemas operativos no se ven afectados.* Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 \u0026lt; (macOS)."
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  "id": "CVE-2025-5687",
  "lastModified": "2025-07-02T16:09:01.110",
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