Sensitive data disclosure via directory path traversal
Published Nov 21, 2025 · Updated Nov 21, 2025
Path traversal in Apple macOS UserAccountUpdater allows local users to access sensitive user data through crafted directory paths. UserAccountUpdater parses app-supplied directory paths without sufficient validation, allowing traversal beyond an intended directory boundary. Exploitation requires a locally running low-privilege app; the documented consequence is data disclosure only, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Apple macOS UserAccountUpdater allows local users to access sensitive user data through crafted directory paths. UserAccountUpdater parses app-supplied directory paths without sufficient validation, allowing traversal beyond an intended directory boundary. Exploitation requires a locally running low-privilege app; the documented consequence is data disclosure only, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31248
- Published
- Nov 21, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 21, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <13.7
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <14.7
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.5
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