CVE-2025-5199

July 12, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

7.3
High

Description

In Canonical Multipass up to and including version 1.15.1 on macOS, incorrect default permissions allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by modifying files executed with administrative privileges by a Launch Daemon during system startup.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Canonical
  • Multipass
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a canonical multipass / / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115
https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3

Tags

security@ubuntu.com
CWE-276
2025-07-12
CVE-2025-5199

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: July 12, 2025, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: July 12, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@ubuntu.com

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