CVE-2025-30453 — Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges in Apple Macos

CWE-280 — Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges5 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple MacosApple Macos SequoiaApple Macos Sonoma+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_sonoma14.7.6
▶Appleapple/macos_ventura13.7.6
▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 14.7.6+1
▶NVDapple/macos14.0 — 14.7.6+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-pc2j-fvgw-h6vh: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks↗2025-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2025-30453: macOS Ventura 13.7.6↗2025-05-12
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Apple
CVE-2025-30453: macOS Sonoma 14.7.6↗2025-05-12
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Apple
CVE-2025-30453: macOS Sequoia 15.4↗2025-03-31
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CVE-2025-30453 — Apple Macos vulnerability | cvebase