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CVE-2025-2781

WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escalation via Non-Standard Installation Directory



Description

The WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client on Windows does not properly configure directory permissions when installed in a non-default directory. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM privileges on a vulnerable system. This issue affects Mobile VPN with SSL Client: from 11.0 through 12.11.

Reserved 2025-03-25 | Published 2025-03-28 | Updated 2025-03-31 | Assigner WatchGuard


MEDIUM: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Problem types

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Product status

Default status
unaffected

11.0
affected

References

www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00004

cve.org (CVE-2025-2781)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-2781)

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