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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Apple macos Plugin Alliance Plugin Alliance installation Manager |
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Apple macos Plugin Alliance Plugin Alliance installation Manager |
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| 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-03T16:34:25.837Z
Reserved: 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-55076
Updated: 2025-12-03T16:34:22.404Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-03T17:15:52.493
Modified: 2025-12-04T17:15:08.283
Link: CVE-2025-55076
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