CVE-2025-5687

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 affects Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 < (macOS).

Weakness

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

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html

References

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