CVE-2025-10015 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-10015: TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle

Vendor Sparkle Project
Product Sparkle
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published September 16, 2025
Last update September 16, 2025

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Sparkle framework includes an XPC service Downloader.xpc, by default this service is private to the application its bundled with. A local unprivileged attacker can register this XPC service globally which will inherit TCC permissions of the application. Lack of validation of connecting client allows the attacker to copy TCC-protected files to an arbitrary location. Access to other resources beyond granted-permissions requires user interaction with a system prompt asking for permission. This issue was fixed in version 2.7.2

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 16, 2025 CVE published
September 16, 2025 Record updated