Apple watchOS permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-31262. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-31262 since 03/27/2025. 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 T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/27/2025 🔍
05/19/2025 +52 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-31262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309617

Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2025 21:31
Changes: 05/19/2025 21:31 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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