Vulnerability report

Trusted Third Party Report Confirmed Confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-24200

iOS and iPadOS

Apple / iOS and iPadOS · affected before 15.8.4

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Severity
CVSS 6.1 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Trusted Third Party Report
EPSS
4.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2025-24200 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Apple iOS and iPadOS, iPadOS. An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

Have exploitation attempts been observed?

Yes. Exploitation attempts have been reported for this vulnerability. Previdian lists it as a known exploited vulnerability. Listed in CISA KEV. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Apple / iOS and iPadOS and iPadOS, including affected before 15.8.4, affected before 16.7.11, and affected before 18.3.1.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5.

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.

Apple Affected
iOS and iPadOS
Before 15.8.4 Before 16.7.11 Before 18.3.1
Apple Affected
iPadOS
Before 17.7.5
Published
10 Feb 2025
Exploitation Attempts Reported
12 Feb 2025
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

nessus_scanner cisa ios

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Evidence of exploitation attempts

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Exploitation Attempts Observed in the Wild

CISA

Recorded 12 Feb 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation attempts.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-02-12 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/233572 02 Jun 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

6.1 Medium

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

4.5%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Incorrect Authorization CWE-863

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation attempts

  1. 09:25 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  2. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 19:04 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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Confidence, exploit status, sensor telemetry, PoCs, scanner integrations, mentions, and tags are available programmatically for VM, SOC, and CTI workflows.

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2025-24200

Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-24200",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 6.1,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.04457,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}