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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2025-12-03T16:34:25.837Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-55076 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos
Plugin-alliance
  • Installation Manager
Plugin Alliance
  • Installation Manager
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-55076.

URL Resource
https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-helpertool-xpc-service-local-privilege-escalation/ cve-icon cve-icon
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