CVE-2025-55076
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-12-03
Last updated on: 2025-12-18
Assigner: MITRE
Description
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 for macOS. The service accepts unauthenticated XPC connections and executes input via system(), which may allow a local user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| plugin-alliance | installation_manager | 1.4.0 |
| plugin_alliance | installation_manager | 1.4.0 |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-269 | The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a local privilege escalation issue in the InstallationHelper service of Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 for macOS. The service accepts unauthenticated XPC connections and executes commands via the system() function, which allows a local user to run arbitrary commands with root privileges.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, potentially compromising the entire system by gaining full control over it.
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