Poedit up to 3.6.2 on macOS default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Poedit up to 3.6.2 on macOS and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in default permission. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-4280. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Poedit up to 3.6.2 on macOS. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MacOS version of Poedit bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions granted by the user to the main application bundle. An attacker with local user access can invoke this interpreter with arbitrary commands or scripts, leveraging the application's previously granted TCC permissions to access user's files in privacy-protected folders without triggering user prompts. Accessing other resources beyond previously granted TCC permissions will prompt the user for approval in the name of Poedit, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent. This issue has been fixed in 3.6.3 version of Poedit.

The weakness was presented with Karol Mazurek as GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34. It is possible to read the advisory at cert.pl. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-4280 since 05/05/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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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: Poedit 3.6.3

Timelineinfo

05/05/2025 🔍
05/22/2025 +17 days 🔍
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05/24/2025 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34
Organization: Karol Mazurek
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-4280 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4280
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309963

Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2025 12:30
Updated: 05/24/2025 04:48
Changes: 05/22/2025 12:30 (68), 05/24/2025 04:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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