CVE-2025-5687 json
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.
published 2025-06-11 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-18102
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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).
Patch / fix
- mozilla vpn 2.28.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Mozilla Mozilla VPN 2.28.0
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
References
-
mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48/
vendor-advisory
-
bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1953736
permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-5687
- NVD CVE-2025-5687
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