CVE-2025-24099: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges in Apple macOS
CVE-2025-24099 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple macOS that allows a local attacker to potentially elevate their privileges. The issue was addressed by Apple with improved checks and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. 3, macOS Sonoma 14. 7. 3, and macOS Ventura 13. 7. 3. The vulnerability involves improper authorization checks (CWE-863) that could be exploited locally without user interaction. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-24099) affects Apple macOS and allows a local attacker to elevate privileges due to insufficient authorization checks. The flaw was resolved by Apple through improved validation mechanisms in the specified macOS versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.1, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impacts on confidentiality and integrity but not availability.
Potential Impact
A local attacker without privileges or user interaction could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the affected macOS systems. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or modification of system data. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on patching the affected endpoints. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2025-24099: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2025-24099 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple macOS that allows a local attacker to potentially elevate their privileges. The issue was addressed by Apple with improved checks and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. 3, macOS Sonoma 14. 7. 3, and macOS Ventura 13. 7. 3. The vulnerability involves improper authorization checks (CWE-863) that could be exploited locally without user interaction. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-24099) affects Apple macOS and allows a local attacker to elevate privileges due to insufficient authorization checks. The flaw was resolved by Apple through improved validation mechanisms in the specified macOS versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.1, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impacts on confidentiality and integrity but not availability.
Potential Impact
A local attacker without privileges or user interaction could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the affected macOS systems. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or modification of system data. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on patching the affected endpoints. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:44.968Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69ceb836e6bfc5ba1df6ef4b
Added to database: 4/2/2026, 6:40:54 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:37:43 PM
Last updated: 5/21/2026, 11:55:44 AM
Views: 80
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