CVE 9.3 CRITICAL

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN macOS Client_CVE-2025-11462

9.3 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in the AWS VPN Client for macOS versions 1.3.2- 5.2.0 allows a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. Insufficient validation checks on the log destination directory during log rotation could allow a non-administrator user to create a symlink from a client log file to a privileged location. On log rotation, this could lead to code execution with root privileges if the user made crafted API calls which injected arbitrary code into the log file. We recommend users upgrade to AWS VPN Client for macOS 5.2.1 or the latest version.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-11462
Source AMZN
Published Oct 7, 2025 at 19:44
Modified Oct 7, 2025 at 19:57

Affected Product

Vendor AWS
Product Client VPN
Version 1.3.2
Affected Versions AWS Client VPN 1.3.2

CWE Classification

References

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