Sensitive-data access via insufficient permission restrictions
Published Dec 12, 2025 · Updated Dec 12, 2025
Permissions errors in AppleMobileFileIntegrity and SoftwareUpdate in Apple macOS allow local users to access sensitive user data via a local app. Apple states that the affected components applied insufficient restrictions, but has not disclosed the specific permission checks or protected data involved. Exploitation requires local app execution; the reported consequence is data access, with no reported modification, privilege escalation, or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Permissions errors in AppleMobileFileIntegrity and SoftwareUpdate in Apple macOS allow local users to access sensitive user data via a local app. Apple states that the affected components applied insufficient restrictions, but has not disclosed the specific permission checks or protected data involved. Exploitation requires local app execution; the reported consequence is data access, with no reported modification, privilege escalation, or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43519
- Published
- Dec 12, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <14.8
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.7
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