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CVE-2025-65842

The Aquarius HelperTool (1.0.003) privileged XPC service on macOS contains multiple flaws that allow local privilege escalation. The service accepts XPC connections from any local process without validating the client's identity, and its authorization logic incorrectly calls AuthorizationCopyRights with a NULL reference, causing all authorization checks to succeed. The executeCommand:authorization:withReply: method then interpolates attacker-controlled input into NSTask and executes it with root

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:86deddb892a63f741a70c284889781aebe46b8d7170b01ef75bbc6bc2fc78581

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

2 source assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

1 source assertion

{"url":"https://almightysec.com/helpertool-xpc-service-local-privilege-escalation/"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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