Local privilege escalation via insufficient PackageKit checks
Published Jan 30, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Apple macOS Ventura before 13.7.3, Sonoma before 14.7.3, and Sequoia before 15.3 allows local users to elevate privileges. PackageKit performs insufficient checks during a privileged operation, but Apple has not disclosed the affected function, input, or authorization decision. Exploitation requires local code execution, and the documented consequence is privilege elevation rather than remote access or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Apple macOS Ventura before 13.7.3, Sonoma before 14.7.3, and Sequoia before 15.3 allows local users to elevate privileges. PackageKit performs insufficient checks during a privileged operation, but Apple has not disclosed the affected function, input, or authorization decision. Exploitation requires local code execution, and the documented consequence is privilege elevation rather than remote access or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24099
- Published
- Jan 30, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <13.7.3
- Affected versionversion=0 <14.7.3
- Affected versionversion=0 <15.3
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