CVE-2025-24136: A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk in Apple macOS
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.
CVE-2025-24136: A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk in Apple macOS
Description
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:44.974Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69092139fe7723195e05374b
Added to database: 11/3/2025, 9:40:09 PM
Last updated: 11/3/2025, 9:42:11 PM
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