Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-24242

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 15.4

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8