VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-24104
Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/14
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.