# CVE-2025-5995: Privilege escalation in Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro

> A malicious user with admin access can exploit insecure directory permissions to execute code and escalate privileges in Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jh7w-p7gx-9479

## What is CVE-2025-5995?

CVE-2025-5995 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro, published on 26 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro for MAC OS version 2.3d
(2.3.29) and earlier contains an improper directory permissions vulnerability.
Exploitation of this vulnerability requires administrator access by a malicious
user. An attacker could modify the directory, potentially resulting in code
execution and ultimately leading to privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5995?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-5995?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5995 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5995 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5995 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5995 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro, published on 26 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canon EOS Webcam Utility Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5995/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5995/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5995
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5995
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5995

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5995/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.