FKIE_CVE-2025-5687

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-11 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:48
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 was fixed in 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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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:48:33.343",
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