CVE-2025-43291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos Macos Sequoia Macos Sonoma Macos Tahoe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112

History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos Apple macos Sequoia Apple macos Sonoma Apple macos Tahoe
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos Apple macos Sequoia Apple macos Sonoma Apple macos Tahoe

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-09-15T22:34:46.960Z

Updated: 2025-09-16T18:09:35.571Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.102Z

Link: CVE-2025-43291

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-16T18:09:31.921Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-15T23:15:32.250

Modified: 2025-09-17T13:41:31.910

Link: CVE-2025-43291

Redhat

No data.

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