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CVE-2025-30456
Apple macOS and iOS Directory Path Parsing Vulnerability (Privilege Escalation)
Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

March 31, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 1, 2025, 8:26 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

Exploitability Score :

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-30456 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple macos
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple ipados
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-30456.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-30456 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • seclists.org
APPLE-SA-03-31-2025-9 macOS Ventura 13.7.5

Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:08:47 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 03, 2025 (12 hours, 41 minutes ago)
CVE-2025-31194 CVE-2025-31191 CVE-2025-31188 CVE-2025-31187 CVE-2025-31182 CVE-2025-30471 CVE-2025-30470 CVE-2025-30465 CVE-2025-30464 CVE-2025-30462 ...+75 more CVE
  • seclists.org
APPLE-SA-03-31-2025-8 macOS Sonoma 14.7.5

Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:08:19 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 03, 2025 (12 hours, 41 minutes ago)
CVE-2025-31194 CVE-2025-31191 CVE-2025-31188 CVE-2025-31187 CVE-2025-31183 CVE-2025-31182 CVE-2025-30471 CVE-2025-30470 CVE-2025-30465 CVE-2025-30464 ...+81 more CVE
  • seclists.org
APPLE-SA-03-31-2025-7 macOS Sequoia 15.4

Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:07:48 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 03, 2025 (12 hours, 41 minutes ago)
CVE-2025-31194 CVE-2025-31192 CVE-2025-31191 CVE-2025-31188 CVE-2025-31187 CVE-2025-31184 CVE-2025-31183 CVE-2025-31182 CVE-2025-30471 CVE-2025-30470 ...+121 more CVE
  • seclists.org
APPLE-SA-03-31-2025-3 iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4

Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:04:59 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 03, 2025 (12 hours, 42 minutes ago)
CVE-2025-31192 CVE-2025-31191 CVE-2025-31184 CVE-2025-31183 CVE-2025-31182 CVE-2025-30471 CVE-2025-30470 CVE-2025-30469 CVE-2025-30467 CVE-2025-30463 ...+52 more CVE
  • BleepingComputer
Apple backports zero-day patches to older iPhones and Macs

Apple has released security updates that backport fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities that were exploited as zero-days to older versions of its operating systems. At the same time, the consum ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 01, 2025 (2 days, 2 hours ago)
CVE-2025-31182 CVE-2025-30456 CVE-2025-30427 CVE-2025-24267 CVE-2025-24228 CVE-2025-24213 CVE-2025-24180 CVE-2025-24178 CVE-2025-24097 CVE-2025-24201 ...+2 more CVE

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-30456 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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NONE - Vulnerability Scoring System
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