CVE-2025-5687 (GCVE-0-2025-5687)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-11 12:07 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.
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 was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-14 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 |
Unaffected:
(macOS) , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed |
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