CVE-2025-30453 (GCVE-0-2025-30453)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-12 21:42
Modified
2025-05-14 04:01
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Summary
The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Ventura 13.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
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Impacted products
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Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14.7
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