| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.5 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component App. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24238. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (version now known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-24238 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/01/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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 best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Default permissionCWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 233570
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122374)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
01/17/2025 🔍04/01/2025 🔍
04/01/2025 🔍
04/01/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-24238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302434
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 04/01/2025 08:40Updated: 04/01/2025 10:15
Changes: 04/01/2025 08:40 (54), 04/01/2025 09:02 (2), 04/01/2025 10:15 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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