CVE-2025-62686 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service within Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. This flaw allows a local user to inject a dynamic library via the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable due to missing runtime hardening, potentially leading to code execution with elevated privileges. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.2), the attack requires local access and has low attack complexity, but could result in high confidentiality impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plugin-alliance:installation_manager:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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