CVE-2025-24280: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data in Apple macOS
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an access control issue in Apple macOS that could allow an application to access sensitive user data. The root cause was insufficient sandbox restrictions, which have been enhanced in the fixed versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information).
Potential Impact
An attacker who can run a local app with user interaction may gain unauthorized access to sensitive user data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4 and macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2025-24280: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data in Apple macOS
Description
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an access control issue in Apple macOS that could allow an application to access sensitive user data. The root cause was insufficient sandbox restrictions, which have been enhanced in the fixed versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information).
Potential Impact
An attacker who can run a local app with user interaction may gain unauthorized access to sensitive user data. There is no impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4 and macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:45.020Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69091e16c28fd46ded869731
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 21:26:46 UTC
Last enriched: 07/23/2026, 21:10:48 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 226
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