CVE-2025-5995 json
Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro for MAC OS contains an insecure permission issue potentially leading to code execution and privilege escalation
published 2025-06-26 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-19237
- cvss
- 4.6
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro for MAC OS version 2.3d (2.3.29) and earlier contains an improper directory permissions vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires administrator access by a malicious user. An attacker could modify the directory, potentially resulting in code execution and ultimately leading to privilege escalation.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- Canon USA Inc. Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
-
usa.canon.com
/about-us/to-our-customers/vulnerability-mitigation-remediation-for-canon-eos-webcam-utility-pro-for-mac-os
vendor-advisory, mitigation
-
canon-europe.com
/psirt/advisory-information
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-5995
- NVD CVE-2025-5995
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