Local app privilege escalation
Published Sep 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Privilege escalation in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 16.5 and watchOS before 9.5 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a malicious app. Apple describes improved memory handling as the fix but does not disclose the affected component, operation, or corruption primitive. Exploitation requires an app running on the device and user interaction, with impact bounded to elevation of that app's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 16.5 and watchOS before 9.5 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a malicious app. Apple describes improved memory handling as the fix but does not disclose the affected component, operation, or corruption primitive. Exploitation requires an app running on the device and user interaction, with impact bounded to elevation of that app's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-32425
- Published
- Sep 6, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <16.5
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