Apple macOS Shortcuts App access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Shortcuts App. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-30433. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcuts App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.4, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-30433 since 03/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233570 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122374)), 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 (233570). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 233570
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122374)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/22/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-30433 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-30433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302357
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 08:08
Updated: 04/01/2025 09:02
Changes: 04/01/2025 08:08 (55), 04/01/2025 09:02 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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