Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2025
CVE-2025-62686
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Installation Manager · Plugin-alliance
1.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62686
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62686
Exploit
https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-installationhelper-dylib-injection/
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