CVE-2025-11462

Root code execution via symlinked log rotation

Published Oct 7, 2025 · Updated Oct 7, 2025

Improper link resolution in AWS Client VPN 1.3.2 through 5.2.0 for macOS allows local users to execute code with root privileges. During log rotation, the client follows a user-created log-file symlink and writes attacker-controlled internal API input to a privileged destination. A non-administrator account with local access can target a file such as crontab, causing the injected content to execute as root.

CVSS severity9.3
Critical
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper link resolution in AWS Client VPN 1.3.2 through 5.2.0 for macOS allows local users to execute code with root privileges. During log rotation, the client follows a user-created log-file symlink and writes attacker-controlled internal API input to a privileged destination. A non-administrator account with local access can target a file such as crontab, causing the injected content to execute as root.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-11462
Published
Oct 7, 2025
Updated
Oct 7, 2025
Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
AWS Client VPN
Classifications
CWE-59, CAPEC-132, T1053.003, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.3.2 <5.2.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Amazon Web Services · AWS Client VPNversion=1.3.2 <5.2.1

Published CVSS scores

9.3Amazon Web ServicesCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
7.8Amazon Web ServicesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CAPEC-132Symlink Attack
T1053.003Cron
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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