{"id":76082,"date":"2025-09-23T03:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:32:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:34:05","slug":"cve-2025-43358-permissions-issue-in-macos-ios-and-ipados-enabling-sandbox-restriction-bypass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43358-permissions-issue-in-macos-ios-and-ipados-enabling-sandbox-restriction-bypass\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-43358: Permissions Issue in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS enabling Sandbox Restriction Bypass<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we delve into the details of a recently identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-43358, which poses a significant threat to a wide range of Apple devices running on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. This is a particularly serious issue due to the potential for system compromise or data leakage. As a permissions issue that allows shortcuts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2413-bypassing-authentication-in-akinsoft-prokuafor-due-to-improper-restriction-of-excessive-authentication-attempts\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85783\">bypass sandbox restrictions<\/a>, it has wide-ranging implications for Apple users and developers alike, making it a critical focus for cybersecurity efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-43358<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 on CVSS)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23316-critical-vulnerability-in-nvidia-triton-inference-server-leading-to-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89545\">Inferred from the vulnerability<\/a> description)<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None (Inferred from the vulnerability description)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required (Inferred from the nature of the exploit)<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9791-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac20-16-03-08-05-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85051\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2467852413\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>macOS Sequoia | Versions prior to 15.7<br \/>\nmacOS Sonoma | Versions prior to 14.8<br \/>\niOS | Versions prior to 18.7 and 26<br \/>\niPadOS | Versions prior to 18.7 and 26<br \/>\nmacOS Tahoe | Versions prior to 26<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-43358 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-43166-critical-incorrect-default-permissions-vulnerability-in-apache-dolphinscheduler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86342\">vulnerability stems from a permissions<\/a> issue within the software&#8217;s sandboxing mechanism. In computing, a sandbox is a security mechanism that separates running programs in order to prevent malicious or malfunctioning software from damaging or snooping on the rest of the system.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9180-critical-same-origin-policy-bypass-vulnerability-in-firefox-and-thunderbird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84782\">vulnerability in question allows a shortcut to bypass<\/a> these sandbox restrictions. This bypass could potentially provide an attacker with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84634\">unauthorized access<\/a> to sensitive data or even control over the whole system, depending on the permissions tied to the exploited shortcut and the extent to which the sandboxing mechanism is bypassed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1278544287\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Given the nature of this vulnerability, a conceptual example would involve an attacker tricking a user into running a malicious shortcut that takes advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5060-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-bravis-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85262\">sandbox<\/a> bypass. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59340-jinjava-template-engine-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90430\">potentially be achieved through social engineering<\/a> or by embedding the shortcut in a seemingly harmless application.<br \/>\nPlease note that this is a conceptual example and not an actual exploit code.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#!\/bin\/bash\n# This is a conceptual malicious shortcut\necho &quot;Running harmless operation...&quot;\n# The next command is where the exploit happens. It is not specified here for ethical reasons.\n# Imagine a command here that takes advantage of the sandbox bypass to perform a malicious operation.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we delve into the details of a recently identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-43358, which poses a significant threat to a wide range of Apple devices running on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. This is a particularly serious issue due to the potential for system compromise or data leakage. As a permissions issue that allows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[77],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76082"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83369,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76082\/revisions\/83369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76082"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}