CVE-2025-55076

Published: Dec 3, 2025Modified: Dec 18, 2025

6.2

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 3.6

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 for macOS. The service accepts unauthenticated XPC connections and executes input via system(), which may allow a local user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Affected (1)

Products: Plugin Alliance: Installation Manager

Plugin Alliance

1 product

Installation Manager

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Plugin Alliance Installation Manager	Version 1.4.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Apple Macos	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (1)

https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-helpertool-xpc-service-local-privilege-escalation/

Source: cve@mitre.org

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