CVE-2025-57443 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can inject code into FrostWire on macOS via environment variables, escalating privileges to access protected directories.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-57443?
CVE-2025-57443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FrostWire 6.14.0-build-326 for macOS contains permissive entitlements (allow-dyld-environment-variables, disable-library-validation) that allow unprivileged local attackers to inject code into the FrostWire process via the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable. This allows escalated privileges to arbitrary TCC-approved directories.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57443?
How do I fix CVE-2025-57443?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-57443 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-57443 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7j9-wx98-h6rq.