CVE-2025-24242 - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-200

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-59
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-03-31T22:24:20.418Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:10:21.055Z

Reserved: 2025-01-17T00:00:45.008Z

Link: CVE-2025-24242

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:10:21.055Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-03-31T23:15:21.433

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:18:35.247

Link: CVE-2025-24242

Redhat

No data.

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