Privileged hardware access via unconditional XPC acceptance
Published Feb 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
Improper authorization in AppHouseKitchen AlDente 1.29 and earlier allows local users to invoke privileged hardware operations via XPC. The helper's shouldAcceptNewConnection method accepts every client without code-signing or audit-token validation, exposing HelperToolProtocol methods. A local low-privileged process can read SMC data, change SMC settings, or create power assertions that drain the battery and disrupt device operation.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in AppHouseKitchen AlDente 1.29 and earlier allows local users to invoke privileged hardware operations via XPC. The helper's shouldAcceptNewConnection method accepts every client without code-signing or audit-token validation, exposing HelperToolProtocol methods. A local low-privileged process can read SMC data, change SMC settings, or create power assertions that drain the battery and disrupt device operation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1078
- Published
- Feb 6, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- AppHouseKitchen
- Product
- AlDente
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
- Affected versionversion=1.1
- Affected versionversion=1.10
- Affected versionversion=1.11
- Affected versionversion=1.12
- Affected versionversion=1.13
- Affected versionversion=1.14
- Affected versionversion=1.15
- Affected versionversion=1.16
- Affected versionversion=1.17
- Affected versionversion=1.18
- Affected versionversion=1.19
- Affected versionversion=1.2
- Affected versionversion=1.20
- Affected versionversion=1.21
- Affected versionversion=1.22
- Affected versionversion=1.23
- Affected versionversion=1.24
- Affected versionversion=1.25
- Affected versionversion=1.26
- Affected versionversion=1.27
- Affected versionversion=1.28
- Affected versionversion=1.29
- Affected versionversion=1.3
- Affected versionversion=1.4
- Affected versionversion=1.5
- Affected versionversion=1.6
- Affected versionversion=1.7
- Affected versionversion=1.8
- Affected versionversion=1.9
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- AlDente unauthorized XPC client proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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