Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU103375

UNIX symbolic link following in macOS - CVE-2025-24136

Published: January 28, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU103375

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24136

CWE-ID: CWE-61

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apple Inc.

Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue in Login Window. A local application can create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

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