Protection Mechanism Failure in Apple Safari - CVE-2025-24167

 

Protection Mechanism Failure in Apple Safari - CVE-2025-24167

Published: April 2, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106878
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24167
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a state management issue. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and incorrectly associate the download's origin.


Affected software

Apple Safari
watchOS
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2025-24167

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple Safari - update to 18.4
watchOS - update to 11.4
macOS - update to 15.4 24E248
iPadOS - update to 18.4 22E240
Apple iOS - update to 18.4 22E240

External References

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