Apple macOS up to 15.3 App permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple macOS up to 15.3. This affects an unknown part of the component App. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-31231. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 15.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-31231 since 03/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 15.4

Timelineinfo

03/27/2025 🔍
05/30/2025 +63 days 🔍
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05/31/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-31231 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31231
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310598
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2025 05:54
Updated: 05/31/2025 06:57
Changes: 05/30/2025 05:54 (57), 05/31/2025 06:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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