apple ios CVE-2025-24200 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on February 10, 2025

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An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.5, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS and iPadOS contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows a physical attacker to disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 5, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-24200 is exploitable with physical access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 0.9 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVE-2025-24200 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-24200

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