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GHSA-8HP9-4F9G-73RV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-16 15:32 – Updated: 2025-09-16 15:32

Details

The Sparkle framework includes a helper tool Autoupdate. Due to lack of authentication of connecting clients a local unprivileged attacker can request installation of crafted malicious PKG file by racing to connect to the daemon when other app spawns it as root. This results in local privilege escalation to root privileges. It is worth noting that it is possible to spawn Autopudate manually via Installer XPC service. However this requires the victim to enter credentials upon system authorization dialog creation that can be modified by the attacker.

This issue was fixed in version 2.7.2

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2025-10016 (GCVE-0-2025-10016)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 10:03 – Updated: 2025-09-16 19:27 X_Open Source

Title

Local Privilege Escalation in Sparkle Autoupdate Daemon

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-16 19:27 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

CERT-PL ENISA root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-10015	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle	product
https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/discus…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Sparkle Project	Sparkle	Affected: 0 , < 2.7.2 (semver)

Credits

Karol Mazurek - Afine Team

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