Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3 App sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-24255. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A file access issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-24255 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

Upgrading to version 13.7, 14.7 or 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7/14.7/15.4

Timelineinfo

01/17/2025 🔍
04/01/2025 +73 days 🔍
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04/07/2025 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302444
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 08:41
Updated: 04/07/2025 15:45
Changes: 04/01/2025 08:41 (57), 04/07/2025 15:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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