Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jan 27, 2025 21:46:18 UTC

CVE-2025-24136

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Base score4.4/ 10

SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityMedium

Attack vectorLocalAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionRequiredUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactLowC

Integrity impactLowI

Availability impactNoneA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS communicates standardized severity and impact characteristics. It does not establish whether a system is exploitable in your specific environment.

Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityapple

Last updatedApr 2, 2026 18:20:54 UTC

PublishedJan 27, 2025 21:46:18 UTC

ReservedJan 17, 2025 00:00:44 UTC