---
id: CVE-2025-1549
title: >-
  A 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
summary: >-
  A 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
  unm…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-77
published: '2025-10-29'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1549'
references:
  - url: 'https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-1549'
    label: 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
  - url: 'https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00016'
    label: 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00153
epssPercentile: 0.03844
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.680Z'
---

## Overview

A 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

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.