CVE-2025-5199 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Canonical Multipass up to version 1.15.1 on macOS. It stems from incorrect default permissions, allowing a local attacker to modify files executed by a Launch Daemon during system startup. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:multipass:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < 1.16.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:multipass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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