CVE-2025-62686

MEDIUM

Plugin-alliance Installation Manager - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

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.

References (1)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-installationhelper-dylib-injection/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 5.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

plugin-alliance/installation_manager 1.4.0

Published Dec 03, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026