9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-30465
Apple Shortcuts File Access Permission Vulnerability
Description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

April 2, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-30465 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 ipados
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-2025-30465.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372
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-2025-30465 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 (19 hours, 14 minutes ago)
  • 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 (19 hours, 14 minutes ago)
  • 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 (19 hours, 14 minutes ago)
  • seclists.org
APPLE-SA-03-31-2025-4 iPadOS 17.7.6

Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:06:04 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 03, 2025 (19 hours, 14 minutes ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-30465 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.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Apr. 02, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-276
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app.
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372
    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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-30465 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-30465 weaknesses.

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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