Apple macOS up to 14.6/15.5 App privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 14.6/15.5. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component App. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43260. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 14.6/15.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block 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-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved data protection. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to hijack entitlements granted to other privileged apps.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-43260 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243030 (macOS 15.x < 15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124149)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 14.7 or 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (243030). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 243030
Nessus Name: macOS 15.x < 15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124149)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.7/15.6

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/30/2025 +105 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/01/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43260 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318211
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2025 08:29
Updated: 08/01/2025 13:59
Changes: 07/30/2025 08:29 (55), 07/31/2025 05:47 (3), 08/01/2025 13:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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