CVE-2025-10016

The Sparkle framework includes a helper tool Autoupdate. Due to lack of authentication of connecting clients a local unprivileged attacker can request installation of crafted malicious PKG file by racing to connect to the daemon when other app spawns it as root. This results in local privilege escalation to root privileges. It is worth noting that it is possible to spawn Autopudate manually via Installer XPC service. However this requires the victim to enter credentials upon system authorization dialog creation that can be modified by the attacker. This issue was fixed in version 2.7.2

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-10015
https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle
https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/discussions/2764

Configurations

No configuration.

History

19 Oct 2026, 17:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El framework Sparkle incluye una herramienta auxiliar Autoupdate. Debido a la falta de autenticación de los clientes que se conectan, un atacante local sin privilegios puede solicitar la instalación de un archivo PKG malicioso diseñado compitiendo para conectarse al demonio cuando otra aplicación lo genera como root. Esto resulta en una escalada de privilegios local a privilegios de root. Cabe señalar que es posible generar Autopudate manualmente a través del servicio XPC del instalador. Sin embargo, esto requiere que la víctima introduzca credenciales al crearse el diálogo de autorización del sistema que puede ser modificado por el atacante. Este problema se solucionó en la versión 2.7.2

Information

Published : 2025-09-16 10:15

Updated : 2026-10-19 17:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-10016

Mitre link : CVE-2025-10016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-10016

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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