Apple macOS Web Inspector command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple macOS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web Inspector. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-24150. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Web Inspector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, Safari 18.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Copying a URL from Web Inspector may lead to command injection.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24150 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/31/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214659 (macOS 15.x < 15.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122068)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214659). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Apple

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• macOS

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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