CVE-2025-5687

Published: Jun 11, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

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

Description

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).

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Vpn

Mozilla

1 product

Vpn

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Vpn	Before 2.28.0

Related CWEs

CWE-269

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 (2)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953736

Source: security@mozilla.org

Permissions Required

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

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