Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-62686
CVE-2025-62686
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:plugin-alliance:installation_manager:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:plugin-alliance:installation_manager:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = v1.4.0
- Range: = v1.4.0
Patches
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References
1- almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-installationhelper-dylib-injection/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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