High severity · published Jul 12, 2025
CVE-2025-5199
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
Multipass · Canonical
before 1.16.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5199
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5199
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115
Exploit
https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3
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