Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-24102 is a location privacy vulnerability affecting Apple’s iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The flaw stems from improper access controls in CoreLocation services, allowing malicious apps to bypass user consent and retrieve precise GPS coordinates. Attackers exploit cached location data or inject false location requests via inter-process communication (IPC) channels. The vulnerability leverages incomplete sandbox restrictions, enabling unauthorized apps to intercept location updates intended for permitted applications. Apple patched this by enforcing stricter permission validation and isolating location APIs between processes.
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Platform: Apple iOS/macOS
Version: < iPadOS 17.7.4
Vulnerability: Location bypass
Severity: Medium
Date: 04/04/2025
What Undercode Say:
Exploitation
1. Code Injection:
func exploitLocation() {
let locManager = CLLocationManager()
locManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
locManager.startUpdatingLocation()
// Bypasses consent via cached data
}
2. IPC Abuse:
osascript -e 'tell app "Maps" to get location of current device'
Protection
1. Update:
softwareupdate --install --all
2. Sandbox Hardening:
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.location</key> <deny/>
3. Network Monitoring:
sudo lsof -i | grep "locationd"
Analytics
- CVSS: 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
- Affected Processes:
locationd, `CoreLocationAgent`
– Log Analysis:log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Location"' --last 24h
4. Mitigation Script:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.locationd.plist Authorized -bool false
5. Detection:
codesign -dv --enments - /Applications/SuspiciousApp.app
References:
Reported By: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24102
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