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CVE-2025-5687

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.

Published: Jun 11, 2025Updated: Apr 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

vpnmozillaConsumer Software
Mozilla VPNMozilla Corp.Consumer Software
Mozilla VPN 2.28.0MozillaConsumer Software
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
mozilla corp.oss-projectUSConsumer Software

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953736
bugzilla.mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48/
mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48/
mozilla.org

Timeline

Published
Jun 11, 2025
Last Updated
Apr 13, 2026

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