CVE-2025-11462

CRITICAL EPSS 10.8%

Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.3 CVSS 4.0

Critical

Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.3

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

10.8% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

References 2

aws.amazon.com https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-020/
docs.aws.amazon.com https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/client-vpn-connect-macos-release-notes.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.