Apple macOS up to 15.5 Restrictions sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 15.5. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Restrictions Handler. The manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-43273. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 15.5. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Restrictions Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43273 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 T1611 for this issue.

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 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (243030) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-23086). 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: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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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 15.6

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/30/2025 +105 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/16/2025 +48 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43273 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43273
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318269
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2025 08:43
Updated: 09/16/2025 05:59
Changes: 07/30/2025 08:43 (57), 08/01/2025 10:15 (1), 08/02/2025 11:02 (2), 09/16/2025 05:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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