A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges.
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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Apple macos Plugin Alliance Plugin Alliance installation Manager |
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Apple macos Plugin Alliance Plugin Alliance installation Manager |
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| Description | A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-12-03T16:33:29.749Z
Reserved: 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-62686
Updated: 2025-12-03T16:33:25.757Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-03T17:15:52.993
Modified: 2025-12-04T17:15:08.283
Link: CVE-2025-62686
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