CVE-2025-43188

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 12
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution90 %
Primary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %

AV:L + UI:R + CWE-269 (permisos) en macOS: app malicioso requiere interacción del usuario para ejecutarse y escalar a root, típico de T1203 (ejecución en cliente) con resultado de escalada de privilegios (T1068).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Threat Intelligence Program Execution Prevention

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Macos

CWEs

CWE-269

References

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