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CVE-2025-5687: mozilla vpn Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 11-06-2025Last modified 13-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-5687 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in mozilla vpn. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links