WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escallation

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-1549
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWatchGuard
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-29 17:15:35 UTC
Updated2026-08-10 16:19:14 UTC
DescriptionA local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the Windows system. This vulnerability is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2024-4944. This vulnerability is resolved in the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows version 12.11.5

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 6.3 MEDIUM from 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/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

EPSS: 0.001420000 probability, percentile 0.040000000 (date 2026-08-11)

Problem Types: CWE-77 | CWE-77 CWE-77

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.05d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3Secondary6.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/C...
4.0CNADECLARED6.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
High

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA WatchGuard Mobile VPN With SSL Client affected 12.0 12.11.3 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-1549 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3 psirt.watchguard.com
www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00016 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3 www.watchguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Defence Tech Malware Lab (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2025-12-04T00:00:00.000ZModified the status of this vulnerability as unresolved after identifying an additional bypass.

Solutions

CNA: This vulnerability was partially mitigated in 12.11.3 but the Mobile VPN with SSL Client application remains vulnerable to some attack paths.

Exploits

CNA: WatchGuard is not aware of any exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild.

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