CVE-2025-24200 (GCVE-0-2025-24200)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-10 19:04
Modified
2025-11-03 21:07
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • 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.
Summary
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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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 17.7
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2025-02-12

Due date: 2025-03-05

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24200

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