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CVE-2025-24200 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

ADP:  CISA-ADP
Base Score:  6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/8 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability 02/12/2025 03/05/2025 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (excluding)
17.7.5
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
18.0		Up to (excluding)
18.3.1
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (excluding)
18.3.1

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-24200
NVD Published Date:
02/10/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.