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Apple Core Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Core Services component of macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, and macOS Ventura 13.7.7 allows a malicious application to gain root privileges. This issue arises from a permissions flaw that has been addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a malicious app to gain root privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized system access or modifications.

Added: Jul 30, 2025, 2:12 AM
Updated: Jul 30, 2025, 2:12 AM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
7.5
exploitability
3.0
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.3
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.