PT-2025-5311 · Apple · Macos Sequoia+1

0X3C3E + 4 · Published 2025-01-17 · Updated 2025-01-30 · CVE-2025-24140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.3

Description The issue was addressed through improved state management. It is related to errors in using standard permissions in the iCloud service for macOS, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Files downloaded from the internet may not have the quarantine flag applied.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.3, update to macOS Sequoia 15.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider applying the quarantine flag to files downloaded from the internet manually until the update is applied.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-01255

CVE-2025-24140

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Macos Sequoia

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-01255 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24140 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1884008870521233457 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24140 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2025012802 · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/k12cybersecurity/comments/1ictyj0/msisac_cybersecurity_advisory_multiple · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/109231 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15 · Note