PT-2025-25208 · Mozilla · Vpn

Egor Filatov · Published 2025-05-30 · Updated 2025-06-11 · CVE-2025-5687

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla VPN versions 2.28.0 and earlier (macOS)

Description A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN for macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This issue only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS, with other operating systems being unaffected.

Recommendations For Mozilla VPN version 2.28.0 and earlier on macOS, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent privilege escalation.

Fix

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-06643

CVE-2025-5687

Affected Products

Vpn

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5687 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06643 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5687 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-48 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvetracker/26019 · Telegram Post
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953736 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1932796489006219392 · Twitter Post