A vulnerability was identified in the XPC services of Fantastical. The services failed to implement proper client authorization checks in its listener:shouldAcceptNewConnection method, unconditionally accepting requests from any local process. As a result, any local, unprivileged process could connect to the XPC service and access its methods. This issue has been resolved in version 4.0.16.
History

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First Time appeared Flexibits
Flexibits fantastical
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Flexibits fantastical

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A vulnerability was identified in the XPC services of Fantastical. The services failed to implement proper client authorization checks in its listener:shouldAcceptNewConnection method, unconditionally accepting requests from any local process. As a result, any local, unprivileged process could connect to the XPC service and access its methods. This issue has been resolved in version 4.0.16.
Title Incorrect Authorization of XPC Service in Fantastical.app
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2025-08-07T09:59:12.324Z

Updated: 2025-08-07T13:27:42.989Z

Reserved: 2025-08-04T11:48:41.791Z

Link: CVE-2025-8533

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-07T13:27:37.942Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-07T10:15:38.410

Modified: 2025-08-07T21:26:37.453

Link: CVE-2025-8533

cve-icon Redhat

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