Threats / Apple / CVE-2025-24200
CVE-2025-24200
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apple iOS and iPadOS vulnerability
Apple iOS and iPadOS contain an incorrect authorization vulnerability allowing physical attackers to disable USB Restricted Mode on locked devices, potentially enabling unauthorized data access.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A physical attacker can bypass USB Restricted Mode protections on locked iOS/iPadOS devices through improper authorization checks, facilitating unauthorized access to device data and functionality without user consent.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-12).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.04906 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apple, iOS and iPadOS. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I gain physical access to a locked iOS or iPadOS device.
Business
Device security perimeter is compromised at the physical layer, exposing data protection mechanisms to direct attack.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the authorization flaw to disable USB Restricted Mode without authentication.
Business
Critical security control designed to prevent unauthorized data exfiltration is neutralized.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I connect the device to a computer and extract sensitive data via USB.
Business
User data, credentials, and personal information become accessible to unauthorized parties, creating liability and trust damage.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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