Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2025-43273

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2025-43273

Published: July 30, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113519
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43273
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to CoreAudio does not properly impose security restrictions. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2025-43273

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - addressed in versions 15.6 24G84, 14.8 23J21

External References

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