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CVE-2025-24136: 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...

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-24136

Affected Products

Vendor: Apple

Product: macOS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.67% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-25 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070

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