VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-24176
A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.21%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/17
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.