CVE-2025-24242
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-24242- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8968
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8968- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-892g-82wc-7r8q
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia...
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.
- Record
GHSA-892g-82wc-7r8q- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-24242- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-24242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Apple Macos, published March 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.