PT-2025-48949 · Plugin Alliance · Plugin Alliance Installation Manager

Simon Bertrand · Published 2025-12-03 · Updated 2025-12-03 · CVE-2025-62686

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plugin Alliance Installation Manager version 1.4.0

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager on macOS. The absence of a hardened runtime and a RESTRICT segment allows a local user to exploit the DYLD INSERT LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially leading to code execution with elevated privileges.

Recommendations Update to a newer version of Plugin Alliance Installation Manager.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-62686

Affected Products

Plugin Alliance Installation Manager

References · 6

• 🔥 https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-installationhelper-dylib-injection · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62686 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62686 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38765 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1996261688488906760 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1996295705728524605 · Twitter Post