CVE-2025-11462 PUBLISHED

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN macOS Client

Assigner: AMZN
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 08.10.2025

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor AWS
Product Client VPN
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.3.2 to 5.2.1 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-132 Symlink Attack