Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3 Shortcut App Setting information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Shortcut App Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-43184. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to 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 problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Shortcut App Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.4. A shortcut may be able to bypass sensitive Shortcuts app settings.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43184 since 04/16/2025. 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 T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243002 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124150)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (243002) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-23131). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 243002
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124150)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7/14.7/15.4

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/30/2025 +105 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/02/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43184 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318221
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2025 08:32
Updated: 08/02/2025 16:32
Changes: 07/30/2025 08:32 (57), 07/31/2025 21:17 (1), 08/01/2025 10:08 (1), 08/02/2025 16:32 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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