CVE-2025-14979 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in AirVPN Eddie for macOS, specifically version 2.24.6. An insecure XPC service allows local, unprivileged users to gain root privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this flaw presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and the complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability it enables. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.24.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:airvpn:eddie:2.24.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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