Sandbox Escape Vulnerability in Apple Operating Systems
CVE-2025-24173

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apple
Status
TV OS
iOS And iPad OS
iPad OS
Mac OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 March 2025

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified that allows an application to potentially escape its sandbox environment, which could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data and functions in the operating system. Apple has addressed this issue by implementing additional entitlement checks in several versions of its operating systems including visionOS 2.4, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, iOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, and macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. Users are encouraged to update their devices to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

iOS and iPadOS < 18.4

iPadOS < 17.7

macOS < 15.4

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122377
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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