Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-24183

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 13.7.30 – before 14.7.30 – before 15.3

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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