PT-2025-13986 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2025-03-31 · Updated 2025-03-31 · CVE-2025-30457

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 13.7.5 macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.4 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.5

Description The issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.7.5, update to macOS Ventura 13.7.5. For macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.4, update to macOS Sequoia 15.4. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.5, update to macOS Sonoma 14.7.5.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-30457

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30457 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1906848948515745993 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-30457 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10 · Note