Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-30458

Critical

Published: 31 March 2025

Published
31 March 2025
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0053 67.1th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-30458 is a permissions issue in macOS that allows an app to read files outside of its sandbox. The vulnerability affects macOS versions prior to Sequoia 15.4 and is classified under CWE-125. It was published on 2025-03-31 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A remote attacker requires no privileges or user interaction and can exploit the issue over the network with low attack complexity and unchanged scope. Successful exploitation enables the app to bypass sandbox restrictions, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Apple addressed the permissions issue with additional restrictions, and the fix is included in macOS Sequoia 15.4. Additional details are available in the Apple security advisory at https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373 and the Full Disclosure mailing list posting at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Affected Products

apple
macos
≤ 15.4

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
Why these techniques?

Sandbox bypass via permissions flaw directly enables exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) and facilitates unauthorized access to local files/data (T1005).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

References