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

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-2781
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWatchGuard
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-03-28 23:15:18 UTC
Updated2026-08-08 03:16:44 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

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:L/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

Problem Types: CWE-276 | CWE-276 CWE-276

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.05d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3Secondary6.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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:L/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
Low
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:L/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 11.0 12.11.2 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00004 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3 www.watchguard.com
psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-2781 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3 psirt.watchguard.com
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Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Mobile VPN with SSL Client 12.11.2

Exploits

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

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